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.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

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

Hosea 4:5
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

Hosea 7:6
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.