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)

 36:2 Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

 36:3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:




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

Ezek. 11:15
Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the Lord: unto us is this land given in possession.

Ezek. 25:4
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

Ezek. 25:10
Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.

Ezek. 36:2
Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

Ezek. 36:3
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

Ezek. 36:5
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

Ezek. 44:28
And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

Ezek. 45:5
And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

Ezek. 45:6
And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

Ezek. 45:7
And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.

Ezek. 45:8
In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

Ezek. 46:16
Thus saith the Lord God; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance.

Ezek. 46:18
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

Ezek. 48:20
All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.

Ezek. 48:21
And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.

Ezek. 48:22
Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.