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)

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)

 21:11 Therefore it shall come to pass that whosoever will not believe in my words, who am Jesus Christ, which the Father shall cause him to bring forth unto the Gentiles, and shall give unto him power that he shall bring them forth unto the Gentiles, (it shall be done even as Moses said) they shall be cut off from among my people who are of the covenant.

 21:12 And my people who are a remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, yea, in the midst of them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

 21:13 Their hand shall be lifted up upon their adversaries, and all their enemies shall be cut off.

 21:14 Yea, wo be unto the Gentiles except they repent; for it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots;




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

3 Ne. 15:22
And they understood me not, for they supposed it had been the Gentiles; for they understood not that the Gentiles should be converted through their preaching.

3 Ne. 15:23
And they understood me not that I said they shall hear my voice; and they understood me not that the Gentiles should not at any time hear my voice-- that I should not manifest myself unto them save it were by the Holy Ghost.

3 Ne. 16:4
And I command you that ye shall write these sayings after I am gone, that if it so be that my people at Jerusalem, they who have seen me and been with me in my ministry, do not ask the Father in my name, that they may receive a knowledge of you by the Holy Ghost, and also of the other tribes whom they know not of, that these sayings which ye shall write shall be kept and shall be manifested unto the Gentiles, that through the fulness of the Gentiles, the remnant of their seed, who shall be scattered forth upon the face of the earth because of their unbelief, may be brought in, or may be brought to a knowledge of me, their Redeemer.

3 Ne. 16:6
And blessed are the Gentiles, because of their belief in me, in and of the Holy Ghost, which witnesses unto them of me and of the Father.

3 Ne. 16:7
Behold, because of their belief in me, saith the Father, and because of the unbelief of you, O house of Israel, in the latter day shall the truth come unto the Gentiles, that the fulness of these things shall be made known unto them.

3 Ne. 16:8
But wo, saith the Father, unto the unbelieving of the Gentiles-- for notwithstanding they have come forth upon the face of this land, and have scattered my people who are of the house of Israel; and my people who are of the house of Israel have been cast out from among them, and have been trodden under feet by them;

3 Ne. 16:9
And because of the mercies of the Father unto the Gentiles, and also the judgments of the Father upon my people who are of the house of Israel, verily, verily, I say unto you, that after all this, and I have caused my people who are of the house of Israel to be smitten, and to be afflicted, and to be slain, and to be cast out from among them, and to become hated by them, and to become a hiss and a byword among them--

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. 16:12
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. 16:13
But if the Gentiles will repent and return unto me, saith the Father, behold they shall be numbered among my people, O house of Israel.

3 Ne. 20:15
And I say unto you, that if the Gentiles do not repent after the blessing which they shall receive, after they have scattered my people--

3 Ne. 20:20
And it shall come to pass, saith the Father, that the sword of my justice shall hang over them at that day; and except they repent it shall fall upon them, saith the Father, yea, even upon all the nations of the Gentiles.

3 Ne. 20:27
And after that ye were blessed then fulfilleth the Father the covenant which he made with Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed-- unto the pouring out of the Holy Ghost through me upon the Gentiles, which blessing upon the Gentiles shall make them mighty above all, unto the scattering of my people, O house of Israel.

3 Ne. 21:2
And behold, this is the thing which I will give unto you for a sign-- for verily I say unto you that when these things which I declare unto you, and which I shall declare unto you hereafter of myself, and by the power of the Holy Ghost which shall be given unto you of the Father, shall be made known unto the Gentiles that they may know concerning this people who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, and concerning this my people who shall be scattered by them;

3 Ne. 21:5
Therefore, when these works and the works which shall be wrought among you hereafter shall come forth from the Gentiles, unto your seed which shall dwindle in unbelief because of iniquity;

3 Ne. 21:6
For thus it behooveth the Father that it should come forth from the Gentiles, that he may show forth his power unto the Gentiles, for this cause that the Gentiles, if they will not harden their hearts, that they may repent and come unto me and be baptized in my name and know of the true points of my doctrine, that they may be numbered among my people, O house of Israel;

3 Ne. 21:11
Therefore it shall come to pass that whosoever will not believe in my words, who am Jesus Christ, which the Father shall cause him to bring forth unto the Gentiles, and shall give unto him power that he shall bring them forth unto the Gentiles, (it shall be done even as Moses said) they shall be cut off from among my people who are of the covenant.

3 Ne. 21:12
And my people who are a remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, yea, in the midst of them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

3 Ne. 21:14
Yea, wo be unto the Gentiles except they repent; for it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots;

3 Ne. 22:3
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left, and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

3 Ne. 23:2
For surely he spake as touching all things concerning my people which are of the house of Israel; therefore it must needs be that he must speak also to the Gentiles.

3 Ne. 23:4
Therefore give heed to my words; write the things which I have told you; and according to the time and the will of the Father they shall go forth unto the Gentiles.

3 Ne. 26:8
And these things have I written, which are a lesser part of the things which he taught the people; and I have written them to the intent that they may be brought again unto this people, from the Gentiles, according to the words which Jesus hath spoken.

3 Ne. 28:27
And behold they will be among the Gentiles, and the Gentiles shall know them not.

3 Ne. 28:32
Yea even among the Gentiles shall there be a great and marvelous work wrought by them, before that judgment day.

3 Ne. 29:1
And now behold, I say unto you that when the Lord shall see fit, in his wisdom, that these sayings shall come unto the Gentiles according to his word, then ye may know that the covenant which the Father hath made with the children of Israel, concerning their restoration to the lands of their inheritance, is already beginning to be fulfilled.

3 Ne. 30:1
Hearken, O ye Gentiles, and hear the words of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, which he hath commanded me that I should speak concerning you, for, behold he commandeth me that I should write, saying:

3 Ne. 30:2
Turn, all ye Gentiles, from your wicked ways; and repent of your evil doings, of your lyings and deceivings, and of your whoredoms, and of your secret abominations, and your idolatries, and of your murders, and your priestcrafts, and your envyings, and your strifes, and from all your wickedness and abominations, and come unto me, and be baptized in my name, that ye may receive a remission of your sins, and be filled with the Holy Ghost, that ye may be numbered with my people who are of the house of Israel.