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)

 20:14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

 20:15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.




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
Gen. 30 20 50
Ex. 4 23 27
Lev. 8 0 8
Num. 5 18 23
Deut. 1 9 10
Josh. 2 3 5
Judg. 2 3 5
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 2 4 6
2 Sam. 8 1 9
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 10 25 35
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 9 2 11
Ps. 6 8 14
Prov. 1 1 2
Eccl. 3 0 3
Isa. 2 4 6
Jer. 4 6 10
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 3 6 9
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 0 1 1
Micah 0 1 1
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 49 19 68
BM 27 19 46
DC 3 16 19
PGP 8 1 9
TOTAL 192 196 388

Jer. 2:14
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

Jer. 10:5
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

Jer. 15:9
She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.

Jer. 15:10
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

Jer. 16:3
For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

Jer. 20:14
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

Jer. 20:15
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

Jer. 22:26
And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.

Jer. 31:9
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Jer. 51:30
The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.