Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'beginning' occurs 249 times in the standard works.

56 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'beginning' in the standard works and contain 22.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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4 Ne. 1:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 94:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Jn. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 87:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 54 3 57
Gen. 5 0 5
Ex. 1 0 1
Num. 0 2 2
Deut. 3 0 3
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 2 0 2
2 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 6 0 6
Eccl. 3 0 3
Isa. 12 0 12
Jer. 5 0 5
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 1 1 2
Dan. 2 0 2
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
NT 52 1 53
BM 56 0 56
DC 60 0 60
PGP 27 0 27
TOTAL 249 4 253

Deut. 11:12
A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

Deut. 21:17
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Deut. 32:42
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.