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.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

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

Isa. 14:23
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

Isa. 63:18
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.