Emphasis Scriptures

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

37 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'possess' in the standard works and contain 23% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Obad. 1:17-20 (6 in 4 verses)

Judg. 11:23-24 (4 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 11:31-12:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 9:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 9:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:33-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 103 142 245
Gen. 2 16 18
Lev. 1 20 21
Num. 4 18 22
Deut. 52 14 66
Josh. 6 18 24
Judg. 6 4 10
1 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Kgs. 1 3 4
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 1 3 4
2 Chr. 0 4 4
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 2 4 6
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 0 5 5
Prov. 0 2 2
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 6 2 8
Jer. 1 2 3
Ezek. 5 21 26
Dan. 1 1 2
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 2 0 2
Obad. 6 1 7
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 1 2
NT 3 26 29
BM 42 111 153
DC 12 5 17
PGP 1 6 7
TOTAL 161 290 451

1 Chr. 7:28
And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:

1 Chr. 9:2
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

1 Chr. 28:1
And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

1 Chr. 28:8
Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.