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)

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
Matt. 8 2 10
Mark 1 0 1
Luke 0 3 3
John 1 0 1
Acts 4 0 4
Rom. 8 2 10
1 Cor. 3 8 11
2 Cor. 3 0 3
Eph. 3 1 4
Philip. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 6 7
James 2 0 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
Rev. 0 1 1
BM 30 14 44
DC 48 13 61
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 142 80 222

Matt. 2:11
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Matt. 5:23
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

Matt. 5:24
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Matt. 7:11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Matt. 8:4
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Matt. 15:5
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

Matt. 23:18
And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

Matt. 23:19
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

Mark 7:11
But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

Luke 11:13
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Luke 21:1
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

Luke 21:5
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,

John 4:10
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

Acts 2:38
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 8:20
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

Acts 10:45
And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 11:17
Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

Rom. 1:11
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

Rom. 5:15
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

Rom. 5:16
And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

Rom. 5:17
For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

Rom. 5:18
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

Rom. 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Rom. 11:29
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

Rom. 12:6
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

1 Cor. 1:7
So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

1 Cor. 7:7
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

1 Cor. 12:1
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

1 Cor. 12:4
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

1 Cor. 12:9
To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

1 Cor. 12:28
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

1 Cor. 12:30
Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?

1 Cor. 12:31
But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

1 Cor. 13:2
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

1 Cor. 14:1
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

1 Cor. 14:12
Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.

2 Cor. 1:11
Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

2 Cor. 8:4
Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

2 Cor. 9:15
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

Eph. 2:8
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Eph. 3:7
Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

Eph. 4:7
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Eph. 4:8
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

Philip. 4:17
Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

1 Tim. 4:14
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

2 Tim. 1:6
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

Heb. 2:4
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

Heb. 5:1
For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

Heb. 6:4
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

Heb. 8:3
For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

Heb. 8:4
For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

Heb. 9:9
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

Heb. 11:4
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

1 Pet. 4:10
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Rev. 11:10
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.