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

Job 7:3
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

Job 13:26
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.