Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'become' occurs 335 times in the standard works.

79 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'become' in the standard works and contain 23.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Jacob 5:39-42 (4 in 4 verses)

Lam. 1:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:55-56 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 4:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 48:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 69:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 24:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 45:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 118:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 54:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:68-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 104 5 109
NT 31 10 41
BM 145 10 155
DC 49 5 54
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 335 30 365

Ps. 93:5
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.

Prov. 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Prov. 17:7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Prov. 17:18
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Eccl. 4:14
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

Matt. 3:15
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

Matt. 13:22
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Matt. 13:32
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Mark 4:19
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Mark 4:32
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

Rom. 16:2
That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

Eph. 5:3
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Philip. 1:27
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

1 Tim. 2:10
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

Titus 2:3
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Jacob 4:6
Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.

Mosiah 2:37
I say unto you, that the man that doeth this, the same cometh out in open rebellion against God; therefore he listeth to obey the evil spirit, and becometh an enemy to all righteousness; therefore, the Lord has no place in him, for he dwelleth not in unholy temples.

Mosiah 3:19
For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.

Mosiah 8:18
Thus God has provided a means that man, through faith, might work mighty miracles; therefore he becometh a great benefit to his fellow beings.

Alma 5:41
Therefore, if a man bringeth forth good works he hearkeneth unto the voice of the good shepherd, and he doth follow him; but whosoever bringeth forth evil works, the same becometh a child of the devil, for he hearkeneth unto his voice, and doth follow him.

Alma 24:30
And thus we can plainly discern, that after a people have been once enlightened by the Spirit of God, and have had great knowledge of things pertaining to righteousness, and then have fallen away into sin and transgression, they become more hardened, and thus their state becomes worse than though they had never known these things.

Alma 40:7
And now I would inquire what becometh of the souls of men from this time of death to the time appointed for the resurrection?

Alma 40:9
Therefore, there is a time appointed unto men that they shall rise from the dead; and there is a space between the time of death and the resurrection. And now, concerning this space of time, what becometh of the souls of men is the thing which I have inquired diligently of the Lord to know; and this is the thing of which I do know.

Hel. 14:15
For behold, he surely must die that salvation may come; yea, it behooveth him and becometh expedient that he dieth, to bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, that thereby men may be brought into the presence of the Lord.

D&C 88:81
Behold, I sent you out to testify and warn the people, and it becometh every man who hath been warned to warn his neighbor.

D&C 105:3
But behold, they have not learned to be obedient to the things which I required at their hands, but are full of all manner of evil, and do not impart of their substance, as becometh saints, to the poor and afflicted among them;

D&C 105:26
Now, behold, I say unto you, my friends, in this way you may find favor in the eyes of the people, until the army of Israel becomes very great.

D&C 107:74
Thus shall he be a judge, even a common judge among the inhabitants of Zion, or in a stake of Zion, or in any branch of the church where he shall be set apart unto this ministry, until the borders of Zion are enlarged and it becomes necessary to have other bishops or judges in Zion or elsewhere.

D&C 132:65
Therefore, it shall be lawful in me, if she receive not this law, for him to receive all things whatsoever I, the Lord his God, will give unto him, because she did not believe and administer unto him according to my word; and she then becomes the transgressor; and he is exempt from the law of Sarah, who administered unto Abraham according to the law when I commanded Abraham to take Hagar to wife.