Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'brother' occurs 615 times in the standard works.

291 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'brother' in the standard works and contain 47.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 116 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 1:33-2:4 (16 in 15 verses)

Deut. 25:3-9 (11 in 7 verses)

Moses 5:32-38 (8 in 7 verses)

Gen. 4:8-11 (6 in 4 verses)

Deut. 22:1-4 (6 in 4 verses)

Gen. 43:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 27:40-45 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 13:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 12:22-24 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 14:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 2:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 12:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 38:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Luke 6:41-42 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 29:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 5:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 3:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 4:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 88:132-135 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 12:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 20:28 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 4:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 7:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 8:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 6:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 30:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 42:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 20:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:30 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 36:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 27:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:55 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 22:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 44:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 280 3 283
NT 122 6 128
BM 166 10 176
1 Ne. 9 5 14
2 Ne. 14 0 14
Jacob 5 0 5
Omni 3 0 3
Mosiah 2 1 3
Alma 33 3 36
Hel. 13 0 13
3 Ne. 11 0 11
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 75 1 76
DC 25 3 28
PGP 22 3 25
TOTAL 615 25 640

Hel. 1:13
And now behold, Pacumeni was appointed, according to the voice of the people, to be a chief judge and a governor over the people, to reign in the stead of his brother Pahoran; and it was according to his right. And all this was done in the fortieth year of the reign of the judges; and it had an end.

Hel. 5:4
And it came to pass that Nephi had become weary because of their iniquity; and he yielded up the judgment-seat, and took it upon him to preach the word of God all the remainder of his days, and his brother Lehi also, all the remainder of his days;

Hel. 6:22
And it came to pass that they did have their signs, yea, their secret signs, and their secret words; and this that they might distinguish a brother who had entered into the covenant, that whatsoever wickedness his brother should do he should not be injured by his brother, nor by those who did belong to his band, who had taken this covenant.

Hel. 6:27
Yea, that same being who did plot with Cain, that if he would murder his brother Abel it should not be known unto the world. And he did plot with Cain and his followers from that time forth.

Hel. 8:27
Yea, behold it is now even at your doors; yea, go ye in unto the judgment-seat, and search; and behold, your judge is murdered, and he lieth in his blood; and he hath been murdered by his brother, who seeketh to sit in the judgment-seat.

Hel. 9:6
Now, immediately when the judge had been murdered-- he being stabbed by his brother by a garb of secrecy, and he fled, and the servants ran and told the people, raising the cry of murder among them;

Hel. 9:26
Behold I say unto you: Go to the house of Seantum, who is the brother of Seezoram, and say unto him--

Hel. 9:27
Has Nephi, the pretended prophet, who doth prophesy so much evil concerning this people, agreed with thee, in the which ye have murdered Seezoram, who is your brother?

Hel. 9:29
And ye shall say unto him: Have ye murdered your brother?

Hel. 9:32
And when ye have seen this, ye shall say: From whence cometh this blood? Do we not know that it is the blood of your brother?

Hel. 11:19
And behold, Lehi, his brother, was not a whit behind him as to things pertaining to righteousness.