Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'abraham' occurs 337 times in the standard works.

182 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'abraham' in the standard works and contain 54% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 79 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 21:33-22:15 (18 in 17 verses)

D&C 132:29-37 (13 in 9 verses)

Gen. 25:5-12 (10 in 8 verses)

Gen. 23:14-24:2 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 21:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

John 8:37-40 (5 in 4 verses)

Hel. 8:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 17:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 18:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 21:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 16:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Gal. 3:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 22:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 21:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

John 8:56-58 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 4:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 7:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:65 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)


Josh. 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

 24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.




1 Chr. 1:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:25-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 176 0 176
Gen. 134 0 134
Ex. 9 0 9
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 7 0 7
Josh. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 6 0 6
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Neh. 1 0 1
Ps. 4 0 4
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 1 0 1
Ezek. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
NT 74 0 74
BM 29 0 29
DC 37 0 37
PGP 21 0 21
TOTAL 337 0 337

Josh. 24:2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

Josh. 24:3
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.