Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'born' occurs 192 times in the standard works.

45 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'born' in the standard works and contain 23.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 3:3-8 (8 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 27:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 87:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 3:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 105 141 246
NT 49 19 68
BM 27 19 46
DC 3 16 19
PGP 8 1 9
TOTAL 192 196 388

D&C 5:16
And behold, whosoever believeth on my words, them will I visit with the manifestation of my Spirit; and they shall be born of me, even of water and of the Spirit--

D&C 76:32
They are they who are the sons of perdition, of whom I say that it had been better for them never to have been born;

D&C 138:56
Even before they were born, they, with many others, received their first lessons in the world of spirits and were prepared to come forth in the due time of the Lord to labor in his vineyard for the salvation of the souls of men.