Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'beheld' occurs 219 times in the standard works.

108 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'beheld' in the standard works and contain 49.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 50 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 11:19-12:3 (22 in 21 verses)

1 Ne. 13:10-24 (16 in 15 verses)

1 Ne. 14:11-15 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 8:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

Moses 1:8-11 (5 in 4 verses)

Moses 1:25-29 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 11:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 4:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 5:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 12:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 7:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 7:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:36 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:23-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)


Alma 34:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

 34:5 And we have beheld that the great question which is in your minds is whether the word be in the Son of God, or whether there shall be no Christ.

 34:6 And ye also beheld that my brother has proved unto you, in many instances, that the word is in Christ unto salvation.




D&C 76:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 31 0 31
NT 22 0 22
BM 128 2 130
1 Ne. 89 0 89
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Jacob 5 2 7
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 14 0 14
Hel. 6 0 6
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 4 0 4
DC 8 0 8
PGP 30 0 30
TOTAL 219 2 221

Alma 4:8
For they saw and beheld with great sorrow that the people of the church began to be lifted up in the pride of their eyes, and to set their hearts upon riches and upon the vain things of the world, that they began to be scornful, one towards another, and they began to persecute those that did not believe according to their own will and pleasure.

Alma 12:1
Now Alma, seeing that the words of Amulek had silenced Zeezrom, for he beheld that Amulek had caught him in his lying and deceiving to destroy him, and seeing that he began to tremble under a consciousness of his guilt, he opened his mouth and began to speak unto him, and to establish the words of Amulek, and to explain things beyond, or to unfold the scriptures beyond that which Amulek had done.

Alma 18:18
Now when the king had heard these words, he marveled again, for he beheld that Ammon could discern his thoughts; but notwithstanding this, king Lamoni did open his mouth, and said unto him: Who art thou? Art thou that Great Spirit, who knows all things?

Alma 19:18
And they began to assemble themselves together unto the house of the king. And there came a multitude, and to their astonishment, they beheld the king, and the queen, and their servants prostrate upon the earth, and they all lay there as though they were dead; and they also saw Ammon, and behold, he was a Nephite.

Alma 19:24
And it came to pass that when the multitude beheld that the man had fallen dead, who lifted the sword to slay Ammon, fear came upon them all, and they durst not put forth their hands to touch him or any of those who had fallen; and they began to marvel again among themselves what could be the cause of this great power, or what all these things could mean.

Alma 31:12
Now, when they had come into the land, behold, to their astonishment they found that the Zoramites had built synagogues, and that they did gather themselves together on one day of the week, which day they did call the day of the Lord; and they did worship after a manner which Alma and his brethren had never beheld;

Alma 32:6
And now when Alma heard this, he turned him about, his face immediately towards him, and he beheld with great joy; for he beheld that their afflictions had truly humbled them, and that they were in a preparation to hear the word.

Alma 32:7
Therefore he did say no more to the other multitude; but he stretched forth his hand, and cried unto those whom he beheld, who were truly penitent, and said unto them:

Alma 34:5
And we have beheld that the great question which is in your minds is whether the word be in the Son of God, or whether there shall be no Christ.

Alma 34:6
And ye also beheld that my brother has proved unto you, in many instances, that the word is in Christ unto salvation.

Alma 36:8
But behold, the voice said unto me: Arise. And I arose and stood up, and beheld the angel.

Alma 52:28
And now behold, when the chief captains of the Lamanites had beheld Lehi with his army coming against them, they fled in much confusion, lest perhaps they should not obtain the city Mulek before Lehi should overtake them; for they were wearied because of their march, and the men of Lehi were fresh.

Alma 55:22
Now behold this was done in the night-time, so that when the Lamanites awoke in the morning they beheld that they were surrounded by the Nephites without, and that their prisoners were armed within.