Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gospel' occurs 306 times in the standard works.

97 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gospel' in the standard works and contain 31.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 43 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 9:12-18 (9 in 7 verses)


3 Ne. 16:10-12 (6 in 3 verses)

 16:10 And thus commandeth the Father that I should say unto you: At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth, and shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischiefs, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall do all those things, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fulness of my gospel from among them.

 16:11 And then will I remember my covenant which I have made unto my people, O house of Israel, and I will bring my gospel unto them.

 16:12 And I will show unto thee, O house of Israel, that the Gentiles shall not have power over you; but I will remember my covenant unto you, O house of Israel, and ye shall come unto the knowledge of the fulness of my gospel.




3 Ne. 27:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 138:30-34 (5 in 5 verses)

Gal. 1:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 39:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Gal. 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 13:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 13:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

A of F 1:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Philip. 1:27 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 134:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 15:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 90:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 104 0 104
BM 41 0 41
1 Ne. 12 0 12
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 1 0 1
3 Ne. 17 0 17
4 Ne. 3 0 3
Morm. 5 0 5
Ether 2 0 2
DC 150 0 150
PGP 11 0 11
TOTAL 306 0 306

3 Ne. 16:10
And thus commandeth the Father that I should say unto you: At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth, and shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischiefs, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall do all those things, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fulness of my gospel from among them.

3 Ne. 16:11
And then will I remember my covenant which I have made unto my people, O house of Israel, and I will bring my gospel unto them.

3 Ne. 16:12
And I will show unto thee, O house of Israel, that the Gentiles shall not have power over you; but I will remember my covenant unto you, O house of Israel, and ye shall come unto the knowledge of the fulness of my gospel.

3 Ne. 20:28
And they shall be a scourge unto the people of this land. Nevertheless, when they shall have received the fulness of my gospel, then if they shall harden their hearts against me I will return their iniquities upon their own heads, saith the Father.

3 Ne. 20:30
And it shall come to pass that the time cometh, when the fulness of my gospel shall be preached unto them;

3 Ne. 21:26
And then shall the work of the Father commence at that day, even when this gospel shall be preached among the remnant of this people. Verily I say unto you, at that day shall the work of the Father commence among all the dispersed of my people, yea, even the tribes which have been lost, which the Father hath led away out of Jerusalem.

3 Ne. 27:8
And how be it my church save it be called in my name? For if a church be called in Moses' name then it be Moses' church; or if it be called in the name of a man then it be the church of a man; but if it be called in my name then it is my church, if it so be that they are built upon my gospel.

3 Ne. 27:9
Verily I say unto you, that ye are built upon my gospel; therefore ye shall call whatsoever things ye do call, in my name; therefore if ye call upon the Father, for the church, if it be in my name the Father will hear you;

3 Ne. 27:10
And if it so be that the church is built upon my gospel then will the Father show forth his own works in it.

3 Ne. 27:11
But if it be not built upon my gospel, and is built upon the works of men, or upon the works of the devil, verily I say unto you they have joy in their works for a season, and by and by the end cometh, and they are hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence there is no return.

3 Ne. 27:13
Behold I have given unto you my gospel, and this is the gospel which I have given unto you-- that I came into the world to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me.

3 Ne. 27:21
Verily, verily, I say unto you, this is my gospel; and ye know the things that ye must do in my church; for the works which ye have seen me do that shall ye also do; for that which ye have seen me do even that shall ye do;

3 Ne. 28:23
And it came to pass that thus they did go forth among all the people of Nephi, and did preach the gospel of Christ unto all people upon the face of the land; and they were converted unto the Lord, and were united unto the church of Christ, and thus the people of that generation were blessed, according to the word of Jesus.