Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'became' occurs 228 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'became' in the standard works and contain 21.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 42:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 27:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 34:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 82 2 84
NT 24 0 24
BM 96 0 96
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 4 0 4
Jacob 2 0 2
Enos 1 0 1
Jarom 1 0 1
Mosiah 14 0 14
Alma 30 0 30
Hel. 8 0 8
3 Ne. 15 0 15
4 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 17 0 17
DC 9 0 9
PGP 17 0 17
TOTAL 228 2 230

4 Ne. 1:10
And now, behold, it came to pass that the people of Nephi did wax strong, and did multiply exceedingly fast, and became an exceedingly fair and delightsome people.

4 Ne. 1:40
And it came to pass that two hundred and forty and four years had passed away, and thus were the affairs of the people. And the more wicked part of the people did wax strong, and became exceedingly more numerous than were the people of God.