Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gentiles' occurs 299 times in the standard works.

150 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gentiles' in the standard works and contain 50.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 65 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 13:25-14:6 (24 in 24 verses)

Rom. 15:9-16 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 13:10-17 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 13:12-19 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 22:6-9 (7 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 16:4-10 (7 in 7 verses)


2 Ne. 10:8-11 (6 in 4 verses)

 10:8 And it shall come to pass that they shall be gathered in from their long dispersion, from the isles of the sea, and from the four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance.

 10:9 Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto them, and their queens shall become nursing mothers; wherefore, the promises of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he hath spoken it, and who can dispute?

 10:10 But behold, this land, said God, shall be a land of thine inheritance, and the Gentiles shall be blessed upon the land.

 10:11 And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles.




1 Ne. 15:13-17 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 30:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 21:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Rom. 11:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 29:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Gal. 2:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 21:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 5:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 10:18 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 15:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 21:24 (2 in 1 verse)

John 7:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 3:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:27 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 30:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 90:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 30 0 30
NT 99 0 99
BM 141 0 141
1 Ne. 56 0 56
2 Ne. 29 0 29
3 Ne. 35 0 35
Morm. 10 0 10
Ether 11 0 11
DC 28 0 28
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 299 0 299

2 Ne. 6:6
And now, these are the words: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

2 Ne. 6:12
And blessed are the Gentiles, they of whom the prophet has written; for behold, if it so be that they shall repent and fight not against Zion, and do not unite themselves to that great and abominable church, they shall be saved; for the Lord God will fulfil his covenants which he has made unto his children; and for this cause the prophet has written these things.

2 Ne. 10:8
And it shall come to pass that they shall be gathered in from their long dispersion, from the isles of the sea, and from the four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance.

2 Ne. 10:9
Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto them, and their queens shall become nursing mothers; wherefore, the promises of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he hath spoken it, and who can dispute?

2 Ne. 10:10
But behold, this land, said God, shall be a land of thine inheritance, and the Gentiles shall be blessed upon the land.

2 Ne. 10:11
And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles.

2 Ne. 10:18
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they shall be like unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered among the house of Israel.

2 Ne. 21:10
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek; and his rest shall be glorious.

2 Ne. 26:12
And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews, that Jesus is the very Christ, it must needs be that the Gentiles be convinced also that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God;

2 Ne. 26:15
After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have dwindled in unbelief, and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles; yea, after the Lord God shall have camped against them round about, and shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised forts against them; and after they shall have been brought down low in the dust, even that they are not, yet the words of the righteous shall be written, and the prayers of the faithful shall be heard, and all those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not be forgotten.

2 Ne. 26:19
And it shall come to pass, that those who have dwindled in unbelief shall be smitten by the hand of the Gentiles.

2 Ne. 26:20
And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their eyes, and have stumbled, because of the greatness of their stumbling block, that they have built up many churches; nevertheless, they put down the power and miracles of God, and preach up unto themselves their own wisdom and their own learning, that they may get gain and grind upon the face of the poor.

2 Ne. 27:1
But, behold, in the last days, or in the days of the Gentiles-- yea, behold all the nations of the Gentiles and also the Jews, both those who shall come upon this land and those who shall be upon other lands, yea, even upon all the lands of the earth, behold, they will be drunken with iniquity and all manner of abominations--

2 Ne. 28:32
Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts! For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.

2 Ne. 29:3
And because my words shall hiss forth-- many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible.

2 Ne. 29:4
But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant people. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?

2 Ne. 29:5
O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient covenant people? Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated them, and have not sought to recover them. But behold, I will return all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten my people.

2 Ne. 30:1
And now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you; for I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than the Gentiles shall be. For behold, except ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish; and because of the words which have been spoken ye need not suppose that the Gentiles are utterly destroyed.

2 Ne. 30:2
For behold, I say unto you that as many of the Gentiles as will repent are the covenant people of the Lord; and as many of the Jews as will not repent shall be cast off; for the Lord covenanteth with none save it be with them that repent and believe in his Son, who is the Holy One of Israel.

2 Ne. 30:3
And now, I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews and the Gentiles. For after the book of which I have spoken shall come forth, and be written unto the Gentiles, and sealed up again unto the Lord, there shall be many which shall believe the words which are written; and they shall carry them forth unto the remnant of our seed.

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.