Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gone' occurs 304 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 'gone' in the standard works and contain 14.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 3:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 13:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 6:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 15:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 63:10 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 124:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 7:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


Hel. 13:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

 13:33 O that I had repented, and had not killed the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out. Yea, in that day ye shall say: O that we had remembered the Lord our God in the day that he gave us our riches, and then they would not have become slippery that we should lose them; for behold, our riches are gone from us.

 13:34 Behold, we lay a tool here and on the morrow it is gone; and behold, our swords are taken from us in the day we have sought them for battle.




3 Ne. 11:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 174 1 175
NT 39 0 39
BM 74 0 74
1 Ne. 9 0 9
2 Ne. 9 0 9
Mosiah 3 0 3
Alma 24 0 24
Hel. 6 0 6
3 Ne. 12 0 12
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 7 0 7
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 14 0 14
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 304 1 305

Hel. 1:2
For behold, Pahoran had died, and gone the way of all the earth; therefore there began to be a serious contention concerning who should have the judgment-seat among the brethren, who were the sons of Pahoran.

Hel. 5:16
And even from one city to another, until they had gone forth among all the people of Nephi who were in the land southward; and from thence into the land of Zarahemla, among the Lamanites.

Hel. 5:17
And it came to pass that they did preach with great power, insomuch that they did confound many of those dissenters who had gone over from the Nephites, insomuch that they came forth and did confess their sins and were baptized unto repentance, and immediately returned to the Nephites to endeavor to repair unto them the wrongs which they had done.

Hel. 11:24
And it came to pass that in the eightieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, there were a certain number of the dissenters from the people of Nephi, who had some years before gone over unto the Lamanites, and taken upon themselves the name of Lamanites, and also a certain number who were real descendants of the Lamanites, being stirred up to anger by them, or by those dissenters, therefore they commenced a war with their brethren.

Hel. 13:33
O that I had repented, and had not killed the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out. Yea, in that day ye shall say: O that we had remembered the Lord our God in the day that he gave us our riches, and then they would not have become slippery that we should lose them; for behold, our riches are gone from us.

Hel. 13:34
Behold, we lay a tool here and on the morrow it is gone; and behold, our swords are taken from us in the day we have sought them for battle.