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

Josh. 1:15
Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

Josh. 12:6
Them did Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Josh. 12:7
And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;

Josh. 13:29
And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.

Josh. 21:12
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

Josh. 21:41
All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

Josh. 22:4
And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan.

Josh. 22:7
Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

Josh. 22:9
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

Josh. 22:19
Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.