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
NT 3 26 29
BM 42 111 153
DC 12 5 17
PGP 1 6 7
TOTAL 161 290 451

D&C 50:27
Wherefore, he is possessor of all things; for all things are subject unto him, both in heaven and on the earth, the life and the light, the Spirit and the power, sent forth by the will of the Father through Jesus Christ, his Son.

D&C 50:28
But no man is possessor of all things except he be purified and cleansed from all sin.

D&C 64:26
And it is not meet that my servants, Newel K. Whitney and Sidney Gilbert, should sell their store and their possessions here; for this is not wisdom until the residue of the church, which remaineth in this place, shall go up unto the land of Zion.

D&C 105:30
And after these lands are purchased, I will hold the armies of Israel guiltless in taking possession of their own lands, which they have previously purchased with their moneys, and of throwing down the towers of mine enemies that may be upon them, and scattering their watchmen, and avenging me of mine enemies unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.

D&C 128:20
And again, what do we hear? Glad tidings from Cumorah! Moroni, an angel from heaven, declaring the fulfilment of the prophets-- the book to be revealed. A voice of the Lord in the wilderness of Fayette, Seneca county, declaring the three witnesses to bear record of the book! The voice of Michael on the banks of the Susquehanna, detecting the devil when he appeared as an angel of light! The voice of Peter, James, and John in the wilderness between Harmony, Susquehanna county, and Colesville, Broome county, on the Susquehanna river, declaring themselves as possessing the keys of the kingdom, and of the dispensation of the fulness of times!