Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gods' occurs 311 times in the standard works.

187 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gods' in the standard works and contain 60.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 79 minutes to read the entire list.

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Abr. 4:1-5:8 (40 in 39 verses)

Abr. 4:2-5:9 (40 in 39 verses)

Abr. 5:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

Judg. 10:6 (5 in 1 verse)


Ex. 34:15-17 (5 in 3 verses)

 34:15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

 34:16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

 34:17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.




D&C 132:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

Deut. 12:30-13:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 24:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:33-35 (4 in 3 verses)

Isa. 36:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 32:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 28:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 20:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 25:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 19:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 37:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 16:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 8:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 16:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 96:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 235 0 235
Gen. 5 0 5
Ex. 21 0 21
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 38 0 38
Josh. 11 0 11
Judg. 18 0 18
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 8 0 8
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 14 0 14
2 Kgs. 16 0 16
1 Chr. 5 0 5
2 Chr. 19 0 19
Ezra 1 0 1
Ps. 11 0 11
Isa. 10 0 10
Jer. 33 0 33
Dan. 15 0 15
Hosea 2 0 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
NT 9 0 9
BM 2 0 2
DC 9 0 9
PGP 56 0 56
TOTAL 311 0 311

Ex. 12:12
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.

Ex. 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Ex. 18:11
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

Ex. 20:3
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Ex. 20:23
Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

Ex. 22:28
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

Ex. 23:13
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

Ex. 23:24
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

Ex. 23:32
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Ex. 23:33
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

Ex. 32:1
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

Ex. 32:4
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Ex. 32:8
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Ex. 32:23
For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

Ex. 32:31
And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

Ex. 34:15
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

Ex. 34:16
And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

Ex. 34:17
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.