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)

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
TOTAL 613 7 620

D&C 12:8
And no one can assist in this work except he shall be humble and full of love, having faith, hope, and charity, being temperate in all things, whatsoever shall be entrusted to his care.

D&C 20:1
The rise of the Church of Christ in these last days, being one thousand eight hundred and thirty years since the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the flesh, it being regularly organized and established agreeable to the laws of our country, by the will and commandments of God, in the fourth month, and on the sixth day of the month which is called April--

D&C 20:19
And gave unto them commandments that they should love and serve him, the only living and true God, and that he should be the only being whom they should worship.

D&C 20:68
The duty of the members after they are received by baptism-- The elders or priests are to have a sufficient time to expound all things concerning the church of Christ to their understanding, previous to their partaking of the sacrament and being confirmed by the laying on of the hands of the elders, so that all things may be done in order.

D&C 20:80
Any member of the church of Christ transgressing, or being overtaken in a fault, shall be dealt with as the scriptures direct.

D&C 21:2
Being inspired of the Holy Ghost to lay the foundation thereof, and to build it up unto the most holy faith.

D&C 21:11
This being an ordinance unto you, that you are an elder under his hand, he being the first unto you, that you might be an elder unto this church of Christ, bearing my name--

D&C 29:6
And, as it is written-- Whatsoever ye shall ask in faith, being united in prayer according to my command, ye shall receive.

D&C 29:12
And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, and it hath gone forth in a firm decree, by the will of the Father, that mine apostles, the Twelve which were with me in my ministry at Jerusalem, shall stand at my right hand at the day of my coming in a pillar of fire, being clothed with robes of righteousness, with crowns upon their heads, in glory even as I am, to judge the whole house of Israel, even as many as have loved me and kept my commandments, and none else.

D&C 29:36
And it came to pass that Adam, being tempted of the devil-- for, behold, the devil was before Adam, for he rebelled against me, saying, Give me thine honor, which is my power; and also a third part of the hosts of heaven turned he away from me because of their agency;

D&C 45:1
Hearken, O ye people of my church, to whom the kingdom has been given; hearken ye and give ear to him who laid the foundation of the earth, who made the heavens and all the hosts thereof, and by whom all things were made which live, and move, and have a being.

D&C 74:4
And it came to pass that the children, being brought up in subjection to the law of Moses, gave heed to the traditions of their fathers and believed not the gospel of Christ, wherein they became unholy.

D&C 74:7
But little children are holy, being sanctified through the atonement of Jesus Christ; and this is what the scriptures mean.

D&C 76:11
We, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, being in the Spirit on the sixteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two--

D&C 76:51
They are they who received the testimony of Jesus, and believed on his name and were baptized after the manner of his burial, being buried in the water in his name, and this according to the commandment which he has given--

D&C 76:70
These are they whose bodies are celestial, whose glory is that of the sun, even the glory of God, the highest of all, whose glory the sun of the firmament is written of as being typical.

D&C 77:2
Q. What are we to understand by the four beasts, spoken of in the same verse?

A. They are figurative expressions, used by the Revelator, John, in describing heaven, the paradise of God, the happiness of man, and of beasts, and of creeping things, and of the fowls of the air; that which is spiritual being in the likeness of that which is temporal; and that which is temporal in the likeness of that which is spiritual; the spirit of man in the likeness of his person, as also the spirit of the beast, and every other creature which God has created.

D&C 84:27
Which gospel is the gospel of repentance and of baptism, and the remission of sins, and the law of carnal commandments, which the Lord in his wrath caused to continue with the house of Aaron among the children of Israel until John, whom God raised up, being filled with the Holy Ghost from his mother's womb.

D&C 88:49
The light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not; nevertheless, the day shall come when you shall comprehend even God, being quickened in him and by him.

D&C 98:24
But if ye bear it not patiently, it shall be accounted unto you as being meted out as a just measure unto you.

D&C 102:25
And the said council of high priests shall have power to appoint one of their own number to preside over such council for the time being.

D&C 103:2
Being driven and smitten by the hands of mine enemies, on whom I will pour out my wrath without measure in mine own time.

D&C 104:18
Therefore, if any man shall take of the abundance which I have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel, unto the poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell, being in torment.

D&C 104:51
And this I have commanded to be done for your salvation, and also for their salvation, in consequence of their being driven out and that which is to come.

D&C 104:52
The covenants being broken through transgression, by covetousness and feigned words--

D&C 107:4
But out of respect or reverence to the name of the Supreme Being, to avoid the too frequent repetition of his name, they, the church, in ancient days, called that priesthood after Melchizedek, or the Melchizedek Priesthood.

D&C 107:35
The Twelve being sent out, holding the keys, to open the door by the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and first unto the Gentiles and then unto the Jews.

D&C 107:56
And Adam stood up in the midst of the congregation; and, notwithstanding he was bowed down with age, being full of the Holy Ghost, predicted whatsoever should befall his posterity unto the latest generation.

D&C 112:32
For verily I say unto you, the keys of the dispensation, which ye have received, have come down from the fathers, and last of all, being sent down from heaven unto you.

D&C 123:16
You know, brethren, that a very large ship is benefited very much by a very small helm in the time of a storm, by being kept workways with the wind and the waves.

D&C 128:4
Then, let there be a general recorder, to whom these other records can be handed, being attended with certificates over their own signatures, certifying that the record they have made is true. Then the general church recorder can enter the record on the general church book, with the certificates and all the attending witnesses, with his own statement that he verily believes the above statement and records to be true, from his knowledge of the general character and appointment of those men by the church. And when this is done on the general church book, the record shall be just as holy, and shall answer the ordinance just the same as if he had seen with his eyes and heard with his ears, and made a record of the same on the general church book.

D&C 128:12
Herein is glory and honor, and immortality and eternal life-- The ordinance of baptism by water, to be immersed therein in order to answer to the likeness of the dead, that one principle might accord with the other; to be immersed in the water and come forth out of the water is in the likeness of the resurrection of the dead in coming forth out of their graves; hence, this ordinance was instituted to form a relationship with the ordinance of baptism for the dead, being in likeness of the dead.

D&C 130:16
I was left thus, without being able to decide whether this coming referred to the beginning of the millennium or to some previous appearing, or whether I should die and thus see his face.

D&C 134:6
We believe that every man should be honored in his station, rulers and magistrates as such, being placed for the protection of the innocent and the punishment of the guilty; and that to the laws all men owe respect and deference, as without them peace and harmony would be supplanted by anarchy and terror; human laws being instituted for the express purpose of regulating our interests as individuals and nations, between man and man; and divine laws given of heaven, prescribing rules on spiritual concerns, for faith and worship, both to be answered by man to his Maker.

D&C 137:4
I saw the beautiful streets of that kingdom, which had the appearance of being paved with gold.

D&C 138:7
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: