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)

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)

 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

 7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;




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
NT 74 0 74
Matt. 7 0 7
Mark 1 0 1
Luke 15 0 15
John 11 0 11
Acts 8 0 8
Rom. 9 0 9
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Gal. 9 0 9
Heb. 10 0 10
James 2 0 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
BM 29 0 29
DC 37 0 37
PGP 21 0 21
TOTAL 337 0 337

Heb. 2:16
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

Heb. 6:13
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

Heb. 7:1
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

Heb. 7:2
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

Heb. 7:4
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

Heb. 7:5
And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

Heb. 7:6
But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

Heb. 7:9
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

Heb. 11:8
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

Heb. 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,