Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nigh' occurs 133 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nigh' in the standard works and contain 14.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 21:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

James 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 18:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 35:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 55 271 326
Gen. 1 34 35
Ex. 6 18 24
Lev. 6 5 11
Num. 9 9 18
Deut. 8 12 20
Josh. 1 7 8
Judg. 0 16 16
Ruth 0 4 4
1 Sam. 1 14 15
2 Sam. 4 9 13
1 Kgs. 2 6 8
2 Kgs. 0 5 5
1 Chr. 2 2 4
2 Chr. 0 5 5
Neh. 0 9 9
Esth. 1 2 3
Job 0 20 20
Ps. 10 31 41
Prov. 1 3 4
Eccl. 1 2 3
Song. 0 4 4
Isa. 1 21 22
Jer. 0 13 13
Lam. 0 3 3
Dan. 0 6 6
Hosea 0 2 2
Joel 1 1 2
Amos 0 1 1
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 0 3 3
Micah 0 1 1
Zech. 0 2 2
NT 45 71 116
BM 10 93 103
DC 20 21 41
PGP 3 22 25
TOTAL 133 478 611

2 Sam. 10:13
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

2 Sam. 11:20
And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

2 Sam. 11:21
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

2 Sam. 15:5
And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.