Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gideon' occurs 76 times in the standard works.

46 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gideon' in the standard works and contain 60.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 1:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 6:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 19:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

 19:22 And it came to pass that they were about to return to the land of Nephi, and they met the men of Gideon. And the men of Gideon told them of all that had happened to their wives and their children; and that the Lamanites had granted unto them that they might possess the land by paying a tribute to the Lamanites of one half of all they possessed.

 19:23 And the people told the men of Gideon that they had slain the king, and his priests had fled from them farther into the wilderness.

 19:24 And it came to pass that after they had ended the ceremony, that they returned to the land of Nephi, rejoicing, because their wives and their children were not slain; and they told Gideon what they had done to the king.




Judg. 8:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 8:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 6:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 7:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 7:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 19:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 39 5 44
NT 0 0 0
BM 36 0 36
Mosiah 13 0 13
Alma 22 0 22
Hel. 1 0 1
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 76 5 81

Mosiah 19:4
And now there was a man among them whose name was Gideon, and he being a strong man and an enemy to the king, therefore he drew his sword, and swore in his wrath that he would slay the king.

Mosiah 19:6
And Gideon pursued after him and was about to get upon the tower to slay the king, and the king cast his eyes round about towards the land of Shemlon, and behold, the army of the Lamanites were within the borders of the land.

Mosiah 19:7
And now the king cried out in the anguish of his soul, saying: Gideon, spare me, for the Lamanites are upon us, and they will destroy us; yea, they will destroy my people.

Mosiah 19:8
And now the king was not so much concerned about his people as he was about his own life; nevertheless, Gideon did spare his life.

Mosiah 19:18
And it came to pass that Gideon sent men into the wilderness secretly, to search for the king and those that were with him. And it came to pass that they met the people in the wilderness, all save the king and his priests.

Mosiah 19:22
And it came to pass that they were about to return to the land of Nephi, and they met the men of Gideon. And the men of Gideon told them of all that had happened to their wives and their children; and that the Lamanites had granted unto them that they might possess the land by paying a tribute to the Lamanites of one half of all they possessed.

Mosiah 19:23
And the people told the men of Gideon that they had slain the king, and his priests had fled from them farther into the wilderness.

Mosiah 19:24
And it came to pass that after they had ended the ceremony, that they returned to the land of Nephi, rejoicing, because their wives and their children were not slain; and they told Gideon what they had done to the king.

Mosiah 20:17
Now when Gideon had heard these things, he being the king's captain, he went forth and said unto the king: I pray thee forbear, and do not search this people, and lay not this thing to their charge.

Mosiah 22:3
Now it came to pass that Gideon went forth and stood before the king, and said unto him: Now O king, thou hast hitherto hearkened unto my words many times when we have been contending with our brethren, the Lamanites.

Mosiah 22:5
And the king granted unto him that he might speak. And Gideon said unto him:

Mosiah 22:9
And it came to pass that the king hearkened unto the words of Gideon.