Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'husband' occurs 141 times in the standard works.

65 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'husband' in the standard works and contain 46.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 30:6-14 (10 in 9 verses)

1 Cor. 7:10-16 (7 in 7 verses)

Rom. 7:2-3 (6 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

Deut. 25:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

John 4:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 24:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 74:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 11:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:39 (2 in 1 verse)


Ex. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

 4:26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.




Deut. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 87 16 103
Gen. 8 1 9
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 16 0 16
Deut. 12 0 12
Judg. 6 0 6
Ruth 7 2 9
1 Sam. 7 0 7
2 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 5 1 6
2 Chr. 0 2 2
Esth. 0 2 2
Prov. 4 0 4
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 3 4 7
Ezek. 3 1 4
Hosea 2 0 2
Joel 1 1 2
Amos 0 1 1
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 39 33 72
BM 6 10 16
DC 7 4 11
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 141 63 204

Ex. 4:25
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

Ex. 4:26
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

Ex. 21:22
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.