Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sons' occurs 1327 times in the standard works.

764 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sons' in the standard works and contain 57.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 336 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 24:20-26:11 (56 in 54 verses)

1 Chr. 23:6-24:5 (36 in 32 verses)

Gen. 46:5-27 (27 in 23 verses)

Ezra 8:2-19 (21 in 18 verses)

1 Chr. 7:1-20 (21 in 20 verses)

1 Chr. 1:28-42 (18 in 15 verses)

1 Chr. 3:15-4:7 (18 in 17 verses)

Gen. 36:5-20 (16 in 16 verses)

1 Chr. 2:23-34 (12 in 12 verses)

1 Chr. 4:13-24 (12 in 12 verses)

1 Chr. 8:38-9:7 (11 in 10 verses)

2 Ne. 4:3-13 (11 in 11 verses)

2 Chr. 29:9-14 (8 in 6 verses)

Gen. 10:1-7 (8 in 7 verses)

Lev. 8:24-31 (8 in 8 verses)

Lev. 8:30-9:1 (8 in 8 verses)

Num. 26:35-42 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 1:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 84:30-34 (7 in 5 verses)

Ex. 29:19-24 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 2:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezra 10:25-31 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezra 3:9-10 (6 in 2 verses)

Gen. 35:22-26 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 10:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 1:5-9 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 6:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 4:42-5:4 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 15:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

Moses 8:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 13:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:19-22 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezra 10:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 6:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 5:52-56 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 6:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 5:42-43 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 8:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 29:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 4:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 9:44-10:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 46:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 8:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 3:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 4:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 6:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 7:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 42:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 35:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 5:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 4:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 29:6 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:49 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:21-28:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 9:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 2:42-43 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 28:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 29:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 7:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 7:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 18:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 31:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 21:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 6:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 6:61-63 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 10:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 13:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 51:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 27:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 16:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 6:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 7:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 7:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 9:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 16:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 12:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 31:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:38 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 40:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 10:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 25:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 25:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 7:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 7:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 10:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 106:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)


Eccl. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

 3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.




Isa. 56:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 60:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:22-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:68-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1062 66 1128
Gen. 146 3 149
Ex. 58 3 61
Lev. 60 2 62
Num. 93 7 100
Deut. 18 4 22
Josh. 6 0 6
Judg. 18 5 23
Ruth 7 0 7
1 Sam. 37 3 40
2 Sam. 35 4 39
1 Kgs. 16 0 16
2 Kgs. 26 4 30
1 Chr. 308 4 312
2 Chr. 42 3 45
Ezra 48 1 49
Neh. 17 0 17
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 14 3 17
Ps. 11 4 15
Prov. 2 4 6
Eccl. 9 0 9
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 19 1 20
Jer. 29 3 32
Lam. 1 1 2
Ezek. 22 3 25
Dan. 3 1 4
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 2 0 2
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 2 1 3
NT 32 21 53
BM 163 13 176
DC 33 16 49
PGP 37 4 41
TOTAL 1327 120 1447

Eccl. 1:13
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

Eccl. 2:3
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Eccl. 2:8
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

Eccl. 3:10
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

Eccl. 3:18
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

Eccl. 3:19
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

Eccl. 8:11
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Eccl. 9:3
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Eccl. 9:12
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.