Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'far' occurs 225 times in the standard works.

17 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'far' in the standard works and contain 7.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 46:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 20:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 103:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 141 51 192
Gen. 3 3 6
Ex. 2 6 8
Num. 1 1 2
Deut. 7 0 7
Josh. 5 0 5
Judg. 4 1 5
1 Sam. 3 3 6
2 Sam. 4 1 5
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 1 2 3
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 1 2 3
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 9 6 15
Ps. 18 6 24
Prov. 10 1 11
Eccl. 3 0 3
Isa. 28 6 34
Jer. 12 8 20
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 10 1 11
Dan. 2 0 2
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 2 1 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 32 33 65
BM 33 36 69
DC 13 15 28
PGP 6 5 11
TOTAL 225 140 365

Ps. 10:5
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

Ps. 22:1
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Ps. 22:11
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Ps. 22:19
But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Ps. 27:9
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Ps. 35:22
This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Ps. 38:21
Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

Ps. 55:7
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

Ps. 71:12
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

Ps. 73:27
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

Ps. 88:8
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Ps. 88:18
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

Ps. 97:9
For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

Ps. 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Ps. 109:17
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

Ps. 119:150
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

Ps. 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.