Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gates' occurs 161 times in the standard works.

45 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gates' in the standard works and contain 28% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rev. 21:12-15 (7 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 48:31-34 (5 in 4 verses)

Neh. 13:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 17:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 45:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 14:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 17:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 28:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 9:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)


3 Ne. 11:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:39 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and whoso buildeth upon this buildeth upon my rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against them.

 11:40 And whoso shall declare more or less than this, and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh of evil, and is not built upon my rock; but he buildeth upon a sandy foundation, and the gates of hell stand open to receive such when the floods come and the winds beat upon them.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 131 1 132
NT 13 0 13
BM 10 1 11
2 Ne. 4 0 4
Mosiah 2 0 2
3 Ne. 4 1 5
DC 7 0 7
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 161 2 163

3 Ne. 11:39
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and whoso buildeth upon this buildeth upon my rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against them.

3 Ne. 11:40
And whoso shall declare more or less than this, and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh of evil, and is not built upon my rock; but he buildeth upon a sandy foundation, and the gates of hell stand open to receive such when the floods come and the winds beat upon them.

3 Ne. 18:13
But whoso among you shall do more or less than these are not built upon my rock, but are built upon a sandy foundation; and when the rain descends, and the floods come, and the winds blow, and beat upon them, they shall fall, and the gates of hell are ready open to receive them.

3 Ne. 22:12
And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.