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

Josh. 1:15
Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

Josh. 12:1
Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

Josh. 12:6
Them did Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Josh. 12:7
And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;

Josh. 13:1
Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.

Josh. 13:29
And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.

Josh. 19:47
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

Josh. 21:12
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

Josh. 21:41
All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

Josh. 21:43
And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Josh. 22:4
And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan.

Josh. 22:7
Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

Josh. 22:9
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

Josh. 22:19
Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.