Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'being' occurs 613 times in the standard works.

157 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'being' in the standard works and contain 25.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 65 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 13:3-12 (11 in 10 verses)

Hel. 6:26-29 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 31:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 1:32-2:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 2:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 52:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 3:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 4:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 2:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 134:6 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)


A of F 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 1:12 We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.

 1:13 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul-- We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 101 0 101
NT 190 0 190
BM 260 2 262
DC 39 5 44
PGP 23 0 23
Moses 5 0 5
Abr. 5 0 5
JS-H 11 0 11
A of F 2 0 2
TOTAL 613 7 620

A of F 1:12
We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.

A of F 1:13
We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul-- We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.