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)

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)

 36:18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

 36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

 36:20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?




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

Isa. 21:9
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

Isa. 36:18
Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Isa. 36:19
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

Isa. 36:20
Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

Isa. 37:12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?

Isa. 37:19
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

Isa. 41:23
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

Isa. 42:17
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.