Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'children' occurs 2337 times in the standard works.

1269 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'children' in the standard works and contain 54.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 554 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezra 2:1-4:1 (101 in 84 verses)

Neh. 7:6-9:1 (92 in 87 verses)

Josh. 21:40-22:34 (43 in 40 verses)

Judg. 20:13-36 (25 in 24 verses)

Josh. 15:63-17:2 (16 in 13 verses)

Num. 8:6-20 (16 in 15 verses)

Judg. 10:6-18 (13 in 13 verses)

Moro. 8:8-20 (13 in 13 verses)

Num. 35:34-36:9 (12 in 10 verses)

Josh. 20:9-21:10 (12 in 11 verses)

D&C 98:28-37 (11 in 10 verses)

Num. 32:25-34 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 34:20-29 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 34:22-35:2 (10 in 10 verses)

Judg. 11:27-36 (10 in 10 verses)

Josh. 4:4-12 (9 in 9 verses)

Judg. 3:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 32:32-33:7 (8 in 8 verses)

Gen. 36:21-28 (8 in 8 verses)

Num. 18:19-26 (8 in 8 verses)

Num. 31:54-32:7 (8 in 8 verses)

Neh. 10:39-11:4 (7 in 5 verses)

Num. 10:22-28 (7 in 7 verses)

Josh. 4:21-5:3 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 98:46-47 (6 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:8-10 (6 in 3 verses)

Judg. 4:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Moro. 7:27-32 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 32:30-32 (5 in 3 verses)

Josh. 13:22-25 (5 in 4 verses)

Judg. 19:30-20:3 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 6:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 3:38-42 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 32:49-33:1 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 18:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 19:47-51 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 7:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Rom. 9:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 74:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Joel 1:3 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 6:64-65 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 10:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 14:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 9:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:62-64 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 78:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 2:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 13:28-31 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 13:31-14:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 11:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 19:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 25:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 2:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 31:43 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:25 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 21:2 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:6 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:41 (3 in 1 verse)

Prov. 17:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 1:4 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 34:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:28-19:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Hosea 1:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 7:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:41-42 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 30:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 50:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 3:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 3:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 27:20-28:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 34:34-35:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 7:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 17:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 24:23-25:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 1:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 1:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 1:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 2:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 25:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 25:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 14:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 15:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 17:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 18:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 11:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 12:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 10:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 10:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 2:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 12:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 19:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 13:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 31:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Hosea 3:4-4:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Joel 3:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)


Luke 20:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

 20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

 20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

 20:36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.




1 Ne. 17:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 27:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 27:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 30:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 3:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 19:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 3:27-4:1 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 123:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 8:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 23:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 29:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 20:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 21:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 31:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 10:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 4:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 7:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 20:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 27:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 6:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 30:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 103:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 128:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 132:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 54:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 54:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 18:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 13:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 14:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 25:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 22:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 25:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 27:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 110:15 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 33:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 39:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 29:40-30:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 34:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 18:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:19-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:19-20:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 109:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 127:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 57:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1662 0 1662
NT 160 0 160
Matt. 32 0 32
Mark 12 0 12
Luke 23 0 23
John 6 0 6
Acts 12 0 12
Rom. 10 0 10
1 Cor. 3 0 3
2 Cor. 5 0 5
Gal. 8 0 8
Eph. 9 0 9
Col. 3 0 3
1 Thes. 4 0 4
1 Tim. 5 0 5
Titus 2 0 2
Heb. 4 0 4
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 12 0 12
2 Jn. 3 0 3
3 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 4 0 4
BM 349 0 349
DC 134 0 134
PGP 32 0 32
TOTAL 2337 0 2337

Luke 1:16
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

Luke 1:17
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Luke 3:8
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Luke 5:34
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

Luke 6:35
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Luke 7:32
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

Luke 7:35
But wisdom is justified of all her children.

Luke 11:7
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

Luke 11:13
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Luke 14:26
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Luke 18:16
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

Luke 18:29
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

Luke 19:44
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Luke 20:28
Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Luke 20:29
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

Luke 20:31
And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.

Luke 20:34
And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

Luke 20:36
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Luke 23:28
But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.