Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gate' occurs 301 times in the standard works.

154 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gate' in the standard works and contain 51.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 59 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 40:6-44 (39 in 39 verses)

Ezek. 46:1-12 (14 in 12 verses)

Ezek. 48:31-34 (12 in 4 verses)

Neh. 12:37-39 (7 in 3 verses)

Neh. 3:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 44:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Zech. 14:10 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:33 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 32:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 12:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 2:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 34:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 26:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 11:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 18:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 3:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 3:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 39:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 260 135 395
NT 15 13 28
BM 19 11 30
2 Ne. 9 4 13
Jacob 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 2 3
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 6 5 11
DC 6 8 14
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 301 167 468

2 Ne. 4:32
May the gates of hell be shut continually before me, because that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite! O Lord, wilt thou not shut the gates of thy righteousness before me, that I may walk in the path of the low valley, that I may be strict in the plain road!

2 Ne. 9:41
O then, my beloved brethren, come unto the Lord, the Holy One. Remember that his paths are righteous. Behold, the way for man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name.

2 Ne. 13:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate, and shall sit upon the ground.

2 Ne. 23:2
Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

2 Ne. 24:31
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved; for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

2 Ne. 27:32
And they that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of naught.

2 Ne. 31:9
And again, it showeth unto the children of men the straitness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, by which they should enter, he having set the example before them.

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. 31:18
And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.

2 Ne. 33:9
I also have charity for the Gentiles. But behold, for none of these can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, and enter into the narrow gate, and walk in the strait path which leads to life, and continue in the path until the end of the day of probation.

Jacob 6:11
O then, my beloved brethren, repent ye, and enter in at the strait gate, and continue in the way which is narrow, until ye shall obtain eternal life.

Mosiah 7:10
And now, I desire to know the cause whereby ye were so bold as to come near the walls of the city, when I, myself, was with my guards without the gate?

Mosiah 13:18
But the seventh day, the sabbath of the Lord thy God, thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;

Mosiah 21:23
And the king having been without the gates of the city with his guard, discovered Ammon and his brethren; and supposing them to be priests of Noah therefore he caused that they should be taken, and bound, and cast into prison. And had they been the priests of Noah he would have caused that they should be put to death.

Hel. 3:28
Yea, thus we see that the gate of heaven is open unto all, even to those who will believe on the name of Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God.

Hel. 7:10
And behold, now it came to pass that it was upon a tower, which was in the garden of Nephi, which was by the highway which led to the chief market, which was in the city of Zarahemla; therefore, Nephi had bowed himself upon the tower which was in his garden, which tower was also near unto the garden gate by which led the highway.

3 Ne. 11:39
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and whoso buildeth upon this buildeth upon my rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against them.

3 Ne. 11:40
And whoso shall declare more or less than this, and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh of evil, and is not built upon my rock; but he buildeth upon a sandy foundation, and the gates of hell stand open to receive such when the floods come and the winds beat upon them.

3 Ne. 14:13
Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat;

3 Ne. 14:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

3 Ne. 18:13
But whoso among you shall do more or less than these are not built upon my rock, but are built upon a sandy foundation; and when the rain descends, and the floods come, and the winds blow, and beat upon them, they shall fall, and the gates of hell are ready open to receive them.

3 Ne. 22:12
And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

3 Ne. 27:33
And it came to pass that when Jesus had ended these sayings he said unto his disciples: Enter ye in at the strait gate; for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it; but wide is the gate, and broad the way which leads to death, and many there be that travel therein, until the night cometh, wherein no man can work.