Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'possession' occurs 175 times in the standard works.

57 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'possession' in the standard works and contain 32.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 45:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 25:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 46:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 48:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 22:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 26:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 24:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:23 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 27:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 100 9 109
Gen. 12 2 14
Lev. 20 0 20
Num. 12 1 13
Deut. 9 0 9
Josh. 12 0 12
1 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 1 2 3
2 Chr. 3 1 4
Neh. 1 0 1
Ps. 4 0 4
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Ezek. 21 0 21
Obad. 0 1 1
NT 4 4 8
BM 65 21 86
DC 1 1 2
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 175 35 210

Deut. 2:5
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

Deut. 2:9
And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

Deut. 2:12
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.

Deut. 2:19
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

Deut. 3:20
Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

Deut. 11:6
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:

Deut. 32:49
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: