Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'near' occurs 266 times in the standard works.

56 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'near' in the standard works and contain 21.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 27:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 44:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 33:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:62-63 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 10:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 50:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 45:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 191 4 195
Gen. 24 0 24
Ex. 10 0 10
Lev. 9 0 9
Num. 19 0 19
Deut. 7 0 7
Josh. 7 0 7
Judg. 4 0 4
Ruth 3 1 4
1 Sam. 11 0 11
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 0 3 3
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 8 0 8
Prov. 3 0 3
Isa. 21 0 21
Jer. 8 0 8
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 17 0 17
Dan. 7 0 7
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Obad. 1 0 1
Zeph. 3 0 3
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 20 1 21
BM 44 14 58
DC 5 0 5
PGP 6 3 9
TOTAL 266 22 288

Num. 3:6
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

Num. 5:16
And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord:

Num. 16:5
And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

Num. 16:9
Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?

Num. 16:10
And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

Num. 16:40
To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.

Num. 17:13
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

Num. 26:3
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Num. 26:63
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

Num. 31:12
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

Num. 31:48
And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

Num. 32:16
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

Num. 33:48
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

Num. 33:50
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Num. 34:15
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

Num. 35:1
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Num. 36:1
And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

Num. 36:13
These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.