Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'grow' occurs 80 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'grow' in the standard works and contain 20% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 5:64-66 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 32:30-33 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 32:37 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 29 35 64
NT 9 4 13
BM 32 4 36
DC 7 4 11
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 80 47 127

D&C 50:24
That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.

D&C 68:31
Now, I, the Lord, am not well pleased with the inhabitants of Zion, for there are idlers among them; and their children are also growing up in wickedness; they also seek not earnestly the riches of eternity, but their eyes are full of greediness.

D&C 107:21
Of necessity there are presidents, or presiding officers growing out of, or appointed of or from among those who are ordained to the several offices in these two priesthoods.

D&C 123:7
It is an imperative duty that we owe to God, to angels, with whom we shall be brought to stand, and also to ourselves, to our wives and children, who have been made to bow down with grief, sorrow, and care, under the most damning hand of murder, tyranny, and oppression, supported and urged on and upheld by the influence of that spirit which hath so strongly riveted the creeds of the fathers, who have inherited lies, upon the hearts of the children, and filled the world with confusion, and has been growing stronger and stronger, and is now the very mainspring of all corruption, and the whole earth groans under the weight of its iniquity.