Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'born' occurs 192 times in the standard works.

45 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'born' in the standard works and contain 23.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 3:3-8 (8 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 27:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 87:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 3:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 105 141 246
NT 49 19 68
BM 27 19 46
1 Ne. 1 2 3
2 Ne. 4 5 9
Jacob 1 0 1
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 5 5 10
Alma 12 5 17
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Ether 0 2 2
DC 3 16 19
PGP 8 1 9
TOTAL 192 196 388

Mosiah 5:7
And now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become his sons and his daughters.

Mosiah 27:24
For, said he, I have repented of my sins, and have been redeemed of the Lord; behold I am born of the Spirit.

Mosiah 27:25
And the Lord said unto me: Marvel not that all mankind, yea, men and women, all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, must be born again; yea, born of God, changed from their carnal and fallen state, to a state of righteousness, being redeemed of God, becoming his sons and daughters;

Mosiah 27:28
Nevertheless, after wading through much tribulation, repenting nigh unto death, the Lord in mercy hath seen fit to snatch me out of an everlasting burning, and I am born of God.