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)

 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,




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
Matt. 1 0 1
Mark 1 0 1
Acts 1 0 1
Rom. 3 0 3
1 Cor. 3 0 3
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Philip. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 2 0 2
Heb. 5 0 5
Rev. 6 0 6
BM 96 0 96
DC 9 0 9
PGP 17 0 17
TOTAL 228 2 230

Rom. 1:21
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Rom. 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Rom. 6:18
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.