Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gift' occurs 142 times in the standard works.

66 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gift' in the standard works and contain 46.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 8:4-8 (7 in 5 verses)

Rom. 5:15-18 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 6:10-13 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 9:21 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 5:4 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:33 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 23:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 23:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 16:19 (2 in 1 verse)

James 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:30 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 46:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 46:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:13 Now Ammon said unto him: I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man that can translate the records; for he has wherewith that he can look, and translate all records that are of ancient date; and it is a gift from God. And the things are called interpreters, and no man can look in them except he be commanded, lest he should look for that he ought not and he should perish. And whosoever is commanded to look in them, the same is called seer.

 8:14 And behold, the king of the people who are in the land of Zarahemla is the man that is commanded to do these things, and who has this high gift from God.




Ether 12:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 21 30 51
NT 38 23 61
BM 30 14 44
1 Ne. 3 1 4
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 1 0 1
Omni 3 0 3
Mosiah 4 0 4
Alma 4 1 5
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 0 2 2
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 0 2 2
Ether 3 0 3
Moro. 9 8 17
DC 48 13 61
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 142 80 222

Mosiah 8:13
Now Ammon said unto him: I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man that can translate the records; for he has wherewith that he can look, and translate all records that are of ancient date; and it is a gift from God. And the things are called interpreters, and no man can look in them except he be commanded, lest he should look for that he ought not and he should perish. And whosoever is commanded to look in them, the same is called seer.

Mosiah 8:14
And behold, the king of the people who are in the land of Zarahemla is the man that is commanded to do these things, and who has this high gift from God.

Mosiah 8:16
And Ammon said that a seer is a revelator and a prophet also; and a gift which is greater can no man have, except he should possess the power of God, which no man can; yet a man may have great power given him from God.

Mosiah 21:28
And now Limhi was again filled with joy on learning from the mouth of Ammon that king Mosiah had a gift from God, whereby he could interpret such engravings; yea, and Ammon also did rejoice.