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

2 Ne. 1:3
And he also spake unto them concerning the land of promise, which they had obtained-- how merciful the Lord had been in warning us that we should flee out of the land of Jerusalem.

2 Ne. 1:10
But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle in unbelief, after they have received so great blessings from the hand of the Lord-- having a knowledge of the creation of the earth, and all men, knowing the great and marvelous works of the Lord from the creation of the world; having power given them to do all things by faith; having all the commandments from the beginning, and having been brought by his infinite goodness into this precious land of promise-- behold, I say, if the day shall come that they will reject the Holy One of Israel, the true Messiah, their Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments of him that is just shall rest upon them.

2 Ne. 1:16
And I desire that ye should remember to observe the statutes and the judgments of the Lord; behold, this hath been the anxiety of my soul from the beginning.

2 Ne. 1:17
My heart hath been weighed down with sorrow from time to time, for I have feared, lest for the hardness of your hearts the Lord your God should come out in the fulness of his wrath upon you, that ye be cut off and destroyed forever;

2 Ne. 1:24
Rebel no more against your brother, whose views have been glorious, and who hath kept the commandments from the time that we left Jerusalem; and who hath been an instrument in the hands of God, in bringing us forth into the land of promise; for were it not for him, we must have perished with hunger in the wilderness; nevertheless, ye sought to take away his life; yea, and he hath suffered much sorrow because of you.

2 Ne. 1:26
And ye have murmured because he hath been plain unto you. Ye say that he hath used sharpness; ye say that he hath been angry with you; but behold, his sharpness was the sharpness of the power of the word of God, which was in him; and that which ye call anger was the truth, according to that which is in God, which he could not restrain, manifesting boldly concerning your iniquities.

2 Ne. 1:30
And now, Zoram, I speak unto you: Behold, thou art the servant of Laban; nevertheless, thou hast been brought out of the land of Jerusalem, and I know that thou art a true friend unto my son, Nephi, forever.

2 Ne. 1:31
Wherefore, because thou hast been faithful thy seed shall be blessed with his seed, that they dwell in prosperity long upon the face of this land; and nothing, save it shall be iniquity among them, shall harm or disturb their prosperity upon the face of this land forever.

2 Ne. 2:12
Wherefore, it must needs have been created for a thing of naught; wherefore there would have been no purpose in the end of its creation. Wherefore, this thing must needs destroy the wisdom of God and his eternal purposes, and also the power, and the mercy, and the justice of God.

2 Ne. 2:13
And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say there is no sin. If ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say there is no righteousness. And if there be no righteousness there be no happiness. And if there be no righteousness nor happiness there be no punishment nor misery. And if these things are not there is no God. And if there is no God we are not, neither the earth; for there could have been no creation of things, neither to act nor to be acted upon; wherefore, all things must have vanished away.

2 Ne. 2:24
But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things.

2 Ne. 4:20
My God hath been my support; he hath led me through mine afflictions in the wilderness; and he hath preserved me upon the waters of the great deep.

2 Ne. 4:25
And upon the wings of his Spirit hath my body been carried away upon exceedingly high mountains. And mine eyes have beheld great things, yea, even too great for man; therefore I was bidden that I should not write them.

2 Ne. 5:19
And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my brethren, which he spake concerning them, that I should be their ruler and their teacher. Wherefore, I had been their ruler and their teacher, according to the commandments of the Lord, until the time they sought to take away my life.

2 Ne. 6:2
Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order, and having been consecrated by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things.

2 Ne. 6:3
Nevertheless, I speak unto you again; for I am desirous for the welfare of your souls. Yea, mine anxiety is great for you; and ye yourselves know that it ever has been. For I have exhorted you with all diligence; and I have taught you the words of my father; and I have spoken unto you concerning all things which are written, from the creation of the world.

2 Ne. 6:5
And now, the words which I shall read are they which Isaiah spake concerning all the house of Israel; wherefore, they may be likened unto you, for ye are of the house of Israel. And there are many things which have been spoken by Isaiah which may be likened unto you, because ye are of the house of Israel.

2 Ne. 6:8
And now I, Jacob, would speak somewhat concerning these words. For behold, the Lord has shown me that those who were at Jerusalem, from whence we came, have been slain and carried away captive.

2 Ne. 10:2
For behold, the promises which we have obtained are promises unto us according to the flesh; wherefore, as it has been shown unto me that many of our children shall perish in the flesh because of unbelief, nevertheless, God will be merciful unto many; and our children shall be restored, that they may come to that which will give them the true knowledge of their Redeemer.

2 Ne. 10:20
And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been driven out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a better land, for the Lord has made the sea our path, and we are upon an isle of the sea.

2 Ne. 10:22
For behold, the Lord God has led away from time to time from the house of Israel, according to his will and pleasure. And now behold, the Lord remembereth all them who have been broken off, wherefore he remembereth us also.

2 Ne. 11:4
Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth of the coming of Christ; for, for this end hath the law of Moses been given; and all things which have been given of God from the beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of him.

2 Ne. 11:7
For if there be no Christ there be no God; and if there be no God we are not, for there could have been no creation. But there is a God, and he is Christ, and he cometh in the fulness of his own time.

2 Ne. 13:8
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their tongues and their doings have been against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

2 Ne. 15:4
What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes it brought forth wild grapes.

2 Ne. 25:1
Now I, Nephi, do speak somewhat concerning the words which I have written, which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah. For behold, Isaiah spake many things which were hard for many of my people to understand; for they know not concerning the manner of prophesying among the Jews.

2 Ne. 25:4
Wherefore, hearken, O my people, which are of the house of Israel, and give ear unto my words; for because the words of Isaiah are not plain unto you, nevertheless they are plain unto all those that are filled with the spirit of prophecy. But I give unto you a prophecy, according to the spirit which is in me; wherefore I shall prophesy according to the plainness which hath been with me from the time that I came out from Jerusalem with my father; for behold, my soul delighteth in plainness unto my people, that they may learn.

2 Ne. 25:9
And as one generation hath been destroyed among the Jews because of iniquity, even so have they been destroyed from generation to generation according to their iniquities; and never hath any of them been destroyed save it were foretold them by the prophets of the Lord.

2 Ne. 25:10
Wherefore, it hath been told them concerning the destruction which should come upon them, immediately after my father left Jerusalem; nevertheless, they hardened their hearts; and according to my prophecy they have been destroyed, save it be those which are carried away captive into Babylon.

2 Ne. 25:11
And now this I speak because of the spirit which is in me. And notwithstanding they have been carried away they shall return again, and possess the land of Jerusalem; wherefore, they shall be restored again to the land of their inheritance.

2 Ne. 25:16
And after they have been scattered, and the Lord God hath scourged them by other nations for the space of many generations, yea, even down from generation to generation until they shall be persuaded to believe in Christ, the Son of God, and the atonement, which is infinite for all mankind-- and when that day shall come that they shall believe in Christ, and worship the Father in his name, with pure hearts and clean hands, and look not forward any more for another Messiah, then, at that time, the day will come that it must needs be expedient that they should believe these things.

2 Ne. 25:20
And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot err. And as the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you, that as these things are true, and as the Lord God liveth, there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.

2 Ne. 26:15
After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have dwindled in unbelief, and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles; yea, after the Lord God shall have camped against them round about, and shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised forts against them; and after they shall have been brought down low in the dust, even that they are not, yet the words of the righteous shall be written, and the prayers of the faithful shall be heard, and all those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not be forgotten.

2 Ne. 26:18
Wherefore, as those who have been destroyed have been destroyed speedily; and the multitude of their terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away-- yea, thus saith the Lord God: It shall be at an instant, suddenly--

2 Ne. 27:11
And the day cometh that the words of the book which were sealed shall be read upon the house tops; and they shall be read by the power of Christ; and all things shall be revealed unto the children of men which ever have been among the children of men, and which ever will be even unto the end of the earth.

2 Ne. 28:23
Yea, they are grasped with death, and hell; and death, and hell, and the devil, and all that have been seized therewith must stand before the throne of God, and be judged according to their works, from whence they must go into the place prepared for them, even a lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.

2 Ne. 30:1
And now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you; for I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than the Gentiles shall be. For behold, except ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish; and because of the words which have been spoken ye need not suppose that the Gentiles are utterly destroyed.

2 Ne. 30:18
Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto the children of men shall at that day be revealed; and Satan shall have power over the hearts of the children of men no more, for a long time. And now, my beloved brethren, I make an end of my sayings.

2 Ne. 31:14
But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not known me.

2 Ne. 31:17
Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.

2 Ne. 33:11
And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye-- for Christ will show unto you, with power and great glory, that they are his words, at the last day; and you and I shall stand face to face before his bar; and ye shall know that I have been commanded of him to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness.