Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'brethren' occurs 1166 times in the standard works.

475 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'brethren' in the standard works and contain 40.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 220 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 25:9-31 (23 in 23 verses)

Alma 27:15-28:1 (17 in 17 verses)

Alma 24:5-20 (16 in 16 verses)

Gen. 37:4-14 (11 in 11 verses)

Alma 26:21-27 (9 in 7 verses)

Alma 27:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 23:33-37 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 15:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 45:22-46:3 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 53:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 7:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Num. 27:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 13:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 20:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 20:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 45:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 15:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Jacob 2:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

Enos 1:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 45:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 12:46-49 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 3:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 7:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 7:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 25:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 16:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 25:17-26:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 31:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 2:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 17:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 3:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 16:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)


Ezra 8:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

 8:17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

 8:18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

 8:19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;




Neh. 5:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 11:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 12:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Thes. 5:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 21:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 3:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:36-13:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 25:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 48:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 103:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 31:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 46:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 9:38 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 24:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 21:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 26:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 4:23-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

James 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:36-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:54-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:18-31:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:21-32:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:18-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:35-23:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:132-133 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 122:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 333 0 333
Gen. 80 0 80
Ex. 4 0 4
Lev. 5 0 5
Num. 13 0 13
Deut. 21 0 21
Josh. 12 0 12
Judg. 18 0 18
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 8 0 8
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 4 0 4
1 Chr. 77 0 77
2 Chr. 21 0 21
Ezra 12 0 12
Neh. 25 0 25
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 4 0 4
Ps. 4 0 4
Prov. 3 0 3
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 6 0 6
Ezek. 2 0 2
Hosea 2 0 2
Micah 1 0 1
NT 231 0 231
BM 543 0 543
DC 51 0 51
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 1166 0 1166

Ezra 3:2
Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

Ezra 3:8
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.

Ezra 3:9
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

Ezra 6:20
For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

Ezra 7:18
And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.

Ezra 8:17
And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

Ezra 8:18
And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

Ezra 8:19
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

Ezra 8:24
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

Ezra 10:18
And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.