Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'father' occurs 1921 times in the standard works.

1095 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'father' in the standard works and contain 57% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 471 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 11:25-36 (17 in 12 verses)

Gen. 27:30-41 (14 in 12 verses)

John 14:6-16 (13 in 11 verses)

Judg. 18:29-19:9 (12 in 12 verses)

3 Ne. 16:3-14 (12 in 12 verses)

3 Ne. 20:46-21:11 (12 in 12 verses)

Gen. 19:31-38 (11 in 8 verses)

1 Chr. 2:42-52 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 20:25-35 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 27:7-17 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-11 (11 in 11 verses)

Ether 8:2-12 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 19:20-29 (10 in 10 verses)

John 8:38-44 (9 in 7 verses)

Lev. 18:7-14 (9 in 8 verses)

Gen. 44:17-25 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 44:19-27 (9 in 9 verses)

John 5:17-23 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:4-11 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Chr. 4:14-21 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Chr. 10:4-11 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 1:11-18 (8 in 8 verses)

3 Ne. 15:13-20 (8 in 8 verses)

3 Ne. 21:26-29 (7 in 4 verses)

Luke 15:17-22 (7 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 15:2-7 (7 in 6 verses)

Gen. 44:30-34 (6 in 5 verses)

Judg. 14:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

Morm. 8:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 50:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 20:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

John 16:23-28 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 2:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 31:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 4:12-17 (6 in 6 verses)

Luke 10:21-22 (5 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

Num. 30:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 4:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

Matt. 11:25-27 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 16:35-37 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 50:41-43 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 50:14-17 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 18:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

John 8:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Moro. 4:2-5:2 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 20:76-79 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 84:37-40 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 31:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 36:43-37:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 18:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 27:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

John 6:42-46 (5 in 5 verses)

John 14:28-15:1 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 4:38-5:4 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 17:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Abr. 2:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 9:15 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 122:6 (4 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 19:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 20:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 28:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 5:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 15:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Mark 7:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 2:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 26:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 18:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 16:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 6:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

John 10:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

John 10:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

John 15:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 5:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 7:21-8:2 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 8:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 31:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 2:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 13:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 9:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 107:40-43 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 138:38-41 (4 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:55-58 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:34 (3 in 1 verse)

John 20:17 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 11:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 2:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

John 5:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 1:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Jn. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:18-2:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:42-43 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 42:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 45:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 46:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 22:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 27:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 20:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 17:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 17:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 15:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

John 4:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

John 8:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

John 10:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

John 12:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

John 12:49-13:1 (3 in 3 verses)

John 15:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

John 16:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 4:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Thes. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 10:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 16:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 20:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 19:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 10:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 18:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 45:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 76:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 104:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 137:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 5:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 22:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 29:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 30:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:51 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 23:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 16:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 63:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 15:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:27 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:57 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 35:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:74 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:49 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:66 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 2:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 23:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 22:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:48-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

John 15:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:25-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:48-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:40-29:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:48-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 757 533 1290
NT 369 61 430
BM 558 188 746
DC 176 47 223
PGP 61 19 80
TOTAL 1921 848 2769

D&C 2:2
And he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers.

D&C 3:17
And to the Nephites, and the Jacobites, and the Josephites, and the Zoramites, through the testimony of their fathers--

D&C 3:18
And this testimony shall come to the knowledge of the Lamanites, and the Lemuelites, and the Ishmaelites, who dwindled in unbelief because of the iniquity of their fathers, whom the Lord has suffered to destroy their brethren the Nephites, because of their iniquities and their abominations.

D&C 3:20
And that the Lamanites might come to the knowledge of their fathers, and that they might know the promises of the Lord, and that they may believe the gospel and rely upon the merits of Jesus Christ, and be glorified through faith in his name, and that through their repentance they might be saved. Amen.

D&C 27:9
And also Elijah, unto whom I have committed the keys of the power of turning the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to the fathers, that the whole earth may not be smitten with a curse;

D&C 27:10
And also with Joseph and Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham, your fathers, by whom the promises remain;

D&C 29:48
For it is given unto them even as I will, according to mine own pleasure, that great things may be required at the hand of their fathers.

D&C 45:16
And I will show it plainly as I showed it unto my disciples as I stood before them in the flesh, and spake unto them, saying: As ye have asked of me concerning the signs of my coming, in the day when I shall come in my glory in the clouds of heaven, to fulfil the promises that I have made unto your fathers,

D&C 74:4
And it came to pass that the children, being brought up in subjection to the law of Moses, gave heed to the traditions of their fathers and believed not the gospel of Christ, wherein they became unholy.

D&C 77:15
Q. What is to be understood by the two witnesses, in the eleventh chapter of Revelation?

A. They are two prophets that are to be raised up to the Jewish nation in the last days, at the time of the restoration, and to prophesy to the Jews after they are gathered and have built the city of Jerusalem in the land of their fathers.

D&C 83:1
Verily, thus saith the Lord, in addition to the laws of the church concerning women and children, those who belong to the church, who have lost their husbands or fathers:

D&C 84:14
Which Abraham received the priesthood from Melchizedek, who received it through the lineage of his fathers, even till Noah;

D&C 84:15
And from Noah till Enoch, through the lineage of their fathers;

D&C 84:99
The Lord hath brought again Zion; The Lord hath redeemed his people, Israel, According to the election of grace, Which was brought to pass by the faith And covenant of their fathers.

D&C 85:5
Their names shall not be found, neither the names of the fathers, nor the names of the children written in the book of the law of God, saith the Lord of Hosts.

D&C 85:7
And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the scepter of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the saints whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of their children, enrolled in the book of the law of God;

D&C 86:8
Therefore, thus saith the Lord unto you, with whom the priesthood hath continued through the lineage of your fathers--

D&C 93:39
And that wicked one cometh and taketh away light and truth, through disobedience, from the children of men, and because of the tradition of their fathers.

D&C 96:7
For he is a descendant of Joseph and a partaker of the blessings of the promise made unto his fathers--

D&C 98:16
Therefore, renounce war and proclaim peace, and seek diligently to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers, and the hearts of the fathers to the children;

D&C 98:32
Behold, this is the law I gave unto my servant Nephi, and thy fathers, Joseph, and Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham, and all mine ancient prophets and apostles.

D&C 98:47
But if the children shall repent, or the children's children, and turn to the Lord their God, with all their hearts and with all their might, mind, and strength, and restore four-fold for all their trespasses wherewith they have trespassed, or wherewith their fathers have trespassed, or their fathers' fathers, then thine indignation shall be turned away;

D&C 103:18
And as your fathers were led at the first, even so shall the redemption of Zion be.

D&C 103:19
Therefore, let not your hearts faint, for I say not unto you as I said unto your fathers: Mine angel shall go up before you, but not my presence.

D&C 109:54
Have mercy, O Lord, upon all the nations of the earth; have mercy upon the rulers of our land; may those principles, which were so honorably and nobly defended, namely, the Constitution of our land, by our fathers, be established forever.

D&C 110:15
To turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the children to the fathers, lest the whole earth be smitten with a curse--

D&C 112:32
For verily I say unto you, the keys of the dispensation, which ye have received, have come down from the fathers, and last of all, being sent down from heaven unto you.

D&C 121:27
Which our forefathers have awaited with anxious expectation to be revealed in the last times, which their minds were pointed to by the angels, as held in reserve for the fulness of their glory;

D&C 123:7
It is an imperative duty that we owe to God, to angels, with whom we shall be brought to stand, and also to ourselves, to our wives and children, who have been made to bow down with grief, sorrow, and care, under the most damning hand of murder, tyranny, and oppression, supported and urged on and upheld by the influence of that spirit which hath so strongly riveted the creeds of the fathers, who have inherited lies, upon the hearts of the children, and filled the world with confusion, and has been growing stronger and stronger, and is now the very mainspring of all corruption, and the whole earth groans under the weight of its iniquity.

D&C 123:9
Therefore it is an imperative duty that we owe, not only to our own wives and children, but to the widows and fatherless, whose husbands and fathers have been murdered under its iron hand;

D&C 127:2
And as for the perils which I am called to pass through, they seem but a small thing to me, as the envy and wrath of man have been my common lot all the days of my life; and for what cause it seems mysterious, unless I was ordained from before the foundation of the world for some good end, or bad, as you may choose to call it. Judge ye for yourselves. God knoweth all these things, whether it be good or bad. But nevertheless, deep water is what I am wont to swim in. It all has become a second nature to me; and I feel, like Paul, to glory in tribulation; for to this day has the God of my fathers delivered me out of them all, and will deliver me from henceforth; for behold, and lo, I shall triumph over all my enemies, for the Lord God hath spoken it.

D&C 128:15
And now, my dearly beloved brethren and sisters, let me assure you that these are principles in relation to the dead and the living that cannot be lightly passed over, as pertaining to our salvation. For their salvation is necessary and essential to our salvation, as Paul says concerning the fathers-- that they without us cannot be made perfect-- neither can we without our dead be made perfect.

D&C 128:17
And again, in connection with this quotation I will give you a quotation from one of the prophets, who had his eye fixed on the restoration of the priesthood, the glories to be revealed in the last days, and in an especial manner this most glorious of all subjects belonging to the everlasting gospel, namely, the baptism for the dead; for Malachi says, last chapter, verses 5th and 6th: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

D&C 128:18
I might have rendered a plainer translation to this, but it is sufficiently plain to suit my purpose as it stands. It is sufficient to know, in this case, that the earth will be smitten with a curse unless there is a welding link of some kind or other between the fathers and the children, upon some subject or other-- and behold what is that subject? It is the baptism for the dead. For we without them cannot be made perfect; neither can they without us be made perfect. Neither can they nor we be made perfect without those who have died in the gospel also; for it is necessary in the ushering in of the dispensation of the fulness of times, which dispensation is now beginning to usher in, that a whole and complete and perfect union, and welding together of dispensations, and keys, and powers, and glories should take place, and be revealed from the days of Adam even to the present time. And not only this, but those things which never have been revealed from the foundation of the world, but have been kept hid from the wise and prudent, shall be revealed unto babes and sucklings in this, the dispensation of the fulness of times.

D&C 132:55
But if she will not abide this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him and multiply him and give unto him an hundred-fold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of eternal lives in the eternal worlds.

D&C 136:8
Let each company bear an equal proportion, according to the dividend of their property, in taking the poor, the widows, the fatherless, and the families of those who have gone into the army, that the cries of the widow and the fatherless come not up into the ears of the Lord against this people.

D&C 136:21
Keep yourselves from evil to take the name of the Lord in vain, for I am the Lord your God, even the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.

D&C 138:47
The Prophet Elijah was to plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to their fathers,