Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'born' occurs 192 times in the standard works.

45 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'born' in the standard works and contain 23.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 3:3-8 (8 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 27:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 87:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 3:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Sam. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

 5:14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,




1 Chr. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 105 141 246
Gen. 30 20 50
Ex. 4 23 27
Lev. 8 0 8
Num. 5 18 23
Deut. 1 9 10
Josh. 2 3 5
Judg. 2 3 5
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 2 4 6
2 Sam. 8 1 9
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 10 25 35
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 9 2 11
Ps. 6 8 14
Prov. 1 1 2
Eccl. 3 0 3
Isa. 2 4 6
Jer. 4 6 10
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 3 6 9
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 0 1 1
Micah 0 1 1
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 49 19 68
BM 27 19 46
DC 3 16 19
PGP 8 1 9
TOTAL 192 196 388

2 Sam. 3:2
And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

2 Sam. 3:5
And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

2 Sam. 5:13
And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

2 Sam. 5:14
And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

2 Sam. 12:14
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

2 Sam. 14:27
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

2 Sam. 21:20
And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

2 Sam. 21:22
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.