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

Ps. 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Ps. 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Ps. 16:7
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

Ps. 17:3
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Ps. 19:2
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

Ps. 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

Ps. 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Ps. 32:4
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Ps. 32:6
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

Ps. 34:18
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Ps. 42:3
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Ps. 42:8
Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

Ps. 55:10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Ps. 63:6
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

Ps. 69:18
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

Ps. 73:2
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

Ps. 74:16
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Ps. 77:2
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

Ps. 77:6
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

Ps. 78:14
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

Ps. 85:9
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

Ps. 88:1
O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

Ps. 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

Ps. 90:4
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Ps. 91:5
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Ps. 91:7
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

Ps. 91:10
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

Ps. 92:2
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

Ps. 104:20
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

Ps. 105:39
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

Ps. 119:55
I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law.

Ps. 119:62
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Ps. 119:148
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

Ps. 119:150
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

Ps. 121:6
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

Ps. 134:1
Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord.

Ps. 136:9
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 139:11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Ps. 139:12
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Ps. 145:18
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.