Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'became' occurs 228 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'became' in the standard works and contain 21.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 42:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 27:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 34:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 82 2 84
Gen. 12 0 12
Ex. 10 0 10
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 7 0 7
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 5 0 5
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 4 1 5
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Ps. 3 0 3
Jer. 1 0 1
Ezek. 10 1 11
Dan. 4 0 4
Obad. 1 0 1
NT 24 0 24
BM 96 0 96
DC 9 0 9
PGP 17 0 17
TOTAL 228 2 230

1 Chr. 17:22
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.

Ezek. 16:8
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.