Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'began' occurs 621 times in the standard works.

288 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'began' in the standard works and contain 46.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 116 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 1:22-2:1 (10 in 10 verses)

Alma 4:4-11 (9 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 18:9-15 (7 in 7 verses)

Mosiah 24:4-10 (7 in 7 verses)

Ether 9:30-10:1 (7 in 7 verses)

Mosiah 21:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Hel. 16:12-17 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 25:6-8 (5 in 3 verses)

Hel. 11:20-23 (5 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 1:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 1:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 21:15-16 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:46-12:1 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:36-37 (4 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 15:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 9:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 22:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 5:73 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:48 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:32-9:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:51-52 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 20:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 5:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 29:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 6:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 23:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 15:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 35:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 10:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 20:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:21-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 15:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 105 0 105
NT 74 0 74
BM 418 0 418
DC 5 0 5
PGP 19 0 19
Moses 15 0 15
JS-H 4 0 4
TOTAL 621 0 621