Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'been' occurs 1207 times in the standard works.

552 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'been' in the standard works and contain 45.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 214 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 9:11-30 (20 in 20 verses)

Alma 12:13-26 (14 in 14 verses)

Alma 26:22-29 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 16:1-9 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Ne. 22:4-7 (7 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 2:31-36 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 25:9-11 (6 in 3 verses)

Alma 53:10-12 (6 in 3 verses)

Alma 60:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

W of M 1:15-16 (5 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:12-13 (5 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 21:23-26 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 2:38-3:3 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 6:7-7:2 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 33:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 50:21-25 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 60:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 1:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:53-54 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 3:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:54-56 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:73-75 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 6:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 26:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 1:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 5:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 26:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 40:24-41:1 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 1:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 3:25-4:2 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 7:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 10:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 6:6 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 30:2 (3 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:1 (3 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:28 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezra 9:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 26:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 48:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 20:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 6:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 48:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 54:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 10:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 1:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 14:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:40-53:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 62:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 4:33-5:2 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 26:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 9:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 3:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 72:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 123:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 123:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:64-66 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 5:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 14:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 9:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 11:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 49:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 15:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 10:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:28 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:18 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 124:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 63:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 137:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 219 0 219
NT 112 0 112
BM 724 0 724
1 Ne. 57 0 57
2 Ne. 53 0 53
Jacob 20 0 20
Enos 1 0 1
Omni 1 0 1
W of M 11 0 11
Mosiah 91 0 91
Alma 286 0 286
Hel. 45 0 45
3 Ne. 92 0 92
4 Ne. 5 0 5
Morm. 26 0 26
Ether 31 0 31
Moro. 5 0 5
DC 126 0 126
PGP 26 0 26
TOTAL 1207 0 1207

1 Ne. 1:1
I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had a great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God, therefore I make a record of my proceedings in my days.

1 Ne. 2:1
For behold, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto my father, yea, even in a dream, and said unto him: Blessed art thou Lehi, because of the things which thou hast done; and because thou hast been faithful and declared unto this people the things which I commanded thee, behold, they seek to take away thy life.

1 Ne. 2:16
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly young, nevertheless being large in stature, and also having great desires to know of the mysteries of God, wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord; and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart that I did believe all the words which had been spoken by my father; wherefore, I did not rebel against him like unto my brothers.

1 Ne. 3:8
And it came to pass that when my father had heard these words he was exceedingly glad, for he knew that I had been blessed of the Lord.

1 Ne. 3:18
For behold, they have rejected the words of the prophets. Wherefore, if my father should dwell in the land after he hath been commanded to flee out of the land, behold, he would also perish. Wherefore, it must needs be that he flee out of the land.

1 Ne. 3:20
And also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have been delivered unto them by the Spirit and power of God, since the world began, even down unto this present time.

1 Ne. 4:22
And he spake unto me concerning the elders of the Jews, he knowing that his master, Laban, had been out by night among them.

1 Ne. 4:23
And I spake unto him as if it had been Laban.

1 Ne. 5:13
And also the prophecies of the holy prophets, from the beginning, even down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah; and also many prophecies which have been spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah.

1 Ne. 6:1
And now I, Nephi, do not give the genealogy of my fathers in this part of my record; neither at any time shall I give it after upon these plates which I am writing; for it is given in the record which has been kept by my father; wherefore, I do not write it in this work.

1 Ne. 8:20
And I also beheld a strait and narrow path, which came along by the rod of iron, even to the tree by which I stood; and it also led by the head of the fountain, unto a large and spacious field, as if it had been a world.

1 Ne. 10:11
And it came to pass after my father had spoken these words he spake unto my brethren concerning the gospel which should be preached among the Jews, and also concerning the dwindling of the Jews in unbelief. And after they had slain the Messiah, who should come, and after he had been slain he should rise from the dead, and should make himself manifest, by the Holy Ghost, unto the Gentiles.

1 Ne. 11:19
And it came to pass that I beheld that she was carried away in the Spirit; and after she had been carried away in the Spirit for the space of a time the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!

1 Ne. 13:29
And after these plain and precious things were taken away it goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles; and after it goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles, yea, even across the many waters which thou hast seen with the Gentiles which have gone forth out of captivity, thou seest-- because of the many plain and precious things which have been taken out of the book, which were plain unto the understanding of the children of men, according to the plainness which is in the Lamb of God-- because of these things which are taken away out of the gospel of the Lamb, an exceedingly great many do stumble, yea, insomuch that Satan hath great power over them.

1 Ne. 13:30
Nevertheless, thou beholdest that the Gentiles who have gone forth out of captivity, and have been lifted up by the power of God above all other nations, upon the face of the land which is choice above all other lands, which is the land that the Lord God hath covenanted with thy father that his seed should have for the land of their inheritance; wherefore, thou seest that the Lord God will not suffer that the Gentiles will utterly destroy the mixture of thy seed, which are among thy brethren.

1 Ne. 13:32
Neither will the Lord God suffer that the Gentiles shall forever remain in that awful state of blindness, which thou beholdest they are in, because of the plain and most precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, whose formation thou hast seen.

1 Ne. 13:34
And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after I have visited the remnant of the house of Israel-- and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of thy father-- wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment, and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles, and after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly, because of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb-- I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power, much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.

1 Ne. 13:40
And the angel spake unto me, saying: These last records, which thou hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the truth of the first, which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and shall make known the plain and precious things which have been taken away from them; and shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the Savior of the world; and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be saved.

1 Ne. 14:3
And that great pit, which hath been digged for them by that great and abominable church, which was founded by the devil and his children, that he might lead away the souls of men down to hell-- yea, that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men shall be filled by those who digged it, unto their utter destruction, saith the Lamb of God; not the destruction of the soul, save it be the casting of it into that hell which hath no end.

1 Ne. 14:21
Behold, he shall see and write the remainder of these things; yea, and also many things which have been.

1 Ne. 14:26
And also others who have been, to them hath he shown all things, and they have written them; and they are sealed up to come forth in their purity, according to the truth which is in the Lamb, in the own due time of the Lord, unto the house of Israel.

1 Ne. 15:1
And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been carried away in the Spirit, and seen all these things, I returned to the tent of my father.

1 Ne. 15:33
Wherefore, if they should die in their wickedness they must be cast off also, as to the things which are spiritual, which are pertaining to righteousness; wherefore, they must be brought to stand before God, to be judged of their works; and if their works have been filthiness they must needs be filthy; and if they be filthy it must needs be that they cannot dwell in the kingdom of God; if so, the kingdom of God must be filthy also.

1 Ne. 16:8
And thus my father had fulfilled all the commandments of the Lord which had been given unto him. And also, I, Nephi, had been blessed of the Lord exceedingly.

1 Ne. 16:21
Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, having been afflicted with my brethren because of the loss of my bow, and their bows having lost their springs, it began to be exceedingly difficult, yea, insomuch that we could obtain no food.

1 Ne. 17:7
And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been in the land of Bountiful for the space of many days, the voice of the Lord came unto me, saying: Arise, and get thee into the mountain. And it came to pass that I arose and went up into the mountain, and cried unto the Lord.

1 Ne. 17:20
And thou art like unto our father, led away by the foolish imaginations of his heart; yea, he hath led us out of the land of Jerusalem, and we have wandered in the wilderness for these many years; and our women have toiled, being big with child; and they have borne children in the wilderness and suffered all things, save it were death; and it would have been better that they had died before they came out of Jerusalem than to have suffered these afflictions.

1 Ne. 17:21
Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness, which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land of our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy.

1 Ne. 17:23
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake unto them, saying: Do ye believe that our fathers, who were the children of Israel, would have been led away out of the hands of the Egyptians if they had not hearkened unto the words of the Lord?

1 Ne. 17:24
Yea, do ye suppose that they would have been led out of bondage, if the Lord had not commanded Moses that he should lead them out of bondage?

1 Ne. 17:34
Do ye suppose that our fathers would have been more choice than they if they had been righteous? I say unto you, Nay.

1 Ne. 18:8
And it came to pass after we had all gone down into the ship, and had taken with us our provisions and things which had been commanded us, we did put forth into the sea and were driven forth before the wind towards the promised land.

1 Ne. 18:9
And after we had been driven forth before the wind for the space of many days, behold, my brethren and the sons of Ishmael and also their wives began to make themselves merry, insomuch that they began to dance, and to sing, and to speak with much rudeness, yea, even that they did forget by what power they had been brought thither; yea, they were lifted up unto exceeding rudeness.

1 Ne. 18:12
And it came to pass that after they had bound me insomuch that I could not move, the compass, which had been prepared of the Lord, did cease to work.

1 Ne. 18:14
And on the fourth day, which we had been driven back, the tempest began to be exceedingly sore.

1 Ne. 18:15
And it came to pass that we were about to be swallowed up in the depths of the sea. And after we had been driven back upon the waters for the space of four days, my brethren began to see that the judgments of God were upon them, and that they must perish save that they should repent of their iniquities; wherefore, they came unto me, and loosed the bands which were upon my wrists, and behold they had swollen exceedingly; and also mine ankles were much swollen, and great was the soreness thereof.

1 Ne. 19:20
For behold, I have workings in the spirit, which doth weary me even that all my joints are weak, for those who are at Jerusalem; for had not the Lord been merciful, to show unto me concerning them, even as he had prophets of old, I should have perished also.

1 Ne. 19:24
Wherefore I spake unto them, saying: Hear ye the words of the prophet, ye who are a remnant of the house of Israel, a branch who have been broken off; hear ye the words of the prophet, which were written unto all the house of Israel, and liken them unto yourselves, that ye may have hope as well as your brethren from whom ye have been broken off; for after this manner has the prophet written.

1 Ne. 20:18
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments-- then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.

1 Ne. 20:19
Thy seed also had been as the sand; the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

1 Ne. 21:21
Then shalt thou say in thine heart: Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? And who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where have they been?

1 Ne. 22:4
And behold, there are many who are already lost from the knowledge of those who are at Jerusalem. Yea, the more part of all the tribes have been led away; and they are scattered to and fro upon the isles of the sea; and whither they are none of us knoweth, save that we know that they have been led away.

1 Ne. 22:5
And since they have been led away, these things have been prophesied concerning them, and also concerning all those who shall hereafter be scattered and be confounded, because of the Holy One of Israel; for against him will they harden their hearts; wherefore, they shall be scattered among all nations and shall be hated of all men.

1 Ne. 22:6
Nevertheless, after they shall be nursed by the Gentiles, and the Lord has lifted up his hand upon the Gentiles and set them up for a standard, and their children have been carried in their arms, and their daughters have been carried upon their shoulders, behold these things of which are spoken are temporal; for thus are the covenants of the Lord with our fathers; and it meaneth us in the days to come, and also all our brethren who are of the house of Israel.

1 Ne. 22:7
And it meaneth that the time cometh that after all the house of Israel have been scattered and confounded, that the Lord God will raise up a mighty nation among the Gentiles, yea, even upon the face of this land; and by them shall our seed be scattered.

1 Ne. 22:30
Wherefore, my brethren, I would that ye should consider that the things which have been written upon the plates of brass are true; and they testify that a man must be obedient to the commandments of God.