Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'begin' occurs 73 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'begin' in the standard works and contain 30.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 30:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

 30:6 And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and a delightsome people.

 30:7 And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered also shall begin to believe in Christ; and they shall begin to gather in upon the face of the land; and as many as shall believe in Christ shall also become a delightsome people.




D&C 109:62-64 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Pet. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 13:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 14 58 72
NT 13 53 66
BM 30 67 97
1 Ne. 2 10 12
2 Ne. 3 5 8
Jacob 3 5 8
Mosiah 1 4 5
Alma 12 25 37
Hel. 5 4 9
3 Ne. 1 5 6
4 Ne. 0 3 3
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 0 6 6
DC 13 60 73
PGP 3 28 31
TOTAL 73 266 339

2 Ne. 1:10
But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle in unbelief, after they have received so great blessings from the hand of the Lord-- having a knowledge of the creation of the earth, and all men, knowing the great and marvelous works of the Lord from the creation of the world; having power given them to do all things by faith; having all the commandments from the beginning, and having been brought by his infinite goodness into this precious land of promise-- behold, I say, if the day shall come that they will reject the Holy One of Israel, the true Messiah, their Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments of him that is just shall rest upon them.

2 Ne. 1:16
And I desire that ye should remember to observe the statutes and the judgments of the Lord; behold, this hath been the anxiety of my soul from the beginning.

2 Ne. 9:2
That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to generation, until the time comes that they shall be restored to the true church and fold of God; when they shall be gathered home to the lands of their inheritance, and shall be established in all their lands of promise.

2 Ne. 11:4
Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth of the coming of Christ; for, for this end hath the law of Moses been given; and all things which have been given of God from the beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of him.

2 Ne. 27:7
And behold the book shall be sealed; and in the book shall be a revelation from God, from the beginning of the world to the ending thereof.

2 Ne. 30:6
And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and a delightsome people.

2 Ne. 30:7
And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered also shall begin to believe in Christ; and they shall begin to gather in upon the face of the land; and as many as shall believe in Christ shall also become a delightsome people.