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)

 11:23 So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?

 11:24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.




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

Judg. 2:6
And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

Judg. 3:13
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

Judg. 11:21
And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

Judg. 11:22
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.

Judg. 11:23
So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?

Judg. 11:24
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.

Judg. 18:9
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.