Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gain' occurs 83 times in the standard works.

21 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gain' in the standard works and contain 25.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 9:19-22 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 10:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 1904 1917
Gen. 0 68 68
Ex. 0 53 53
Lev. 0 28 28
Num. 0 82 82
Deut. 0 84 84
Josh. 0 56 56
Judg. 1 109 110
Ruth 0 7 7
1 Sam. 0 102 102
2 Sam. 0 71 71
1 Kgs. 0 80 80
2 Kgs. 0 92 92
1 Chr. 0 38 38
2 Chr. 0 110 110
Ezra 0 14 14
Neh. 0 42 42
Esth. 0 15 15
Job 1 63 64
Ps. 0 114 114
Prov. 4 21 25
Eccl. 0 12 12
Isa. 2 86 88
Jer. 0 219 219
Lam. 0 15 15
Ezek. 2 176 178
Dan. 2 35 37
Hosea 0 14 14
Joel 0 2 2
Amos 0 16 16
Obad. 0 3 3
Jonah 0 3 3
Micah 1 14 15
Nahum 0 5 5
Hab. 0 6 6
Zeph. 0 9 9
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 28 28
Mal. 0 11 11
NT 17 451 468
BM 49 1055 1104
DC 2 362 364
PGP 2 67 69
TOTAL 83 3839 3922

Judg. 5:19
The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

Job 22:3
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Prov. 1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Prov. 3:14
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

Prov. 15:27
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Prov. 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Isa. 33:15
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

Isa. 56:11
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Ezek. 22:13
Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

Ezek. 22:27
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Dan. 2:8
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

Dan. 11:39
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

Micah 4:13
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.