Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'possessed' occurs 64 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'possessed' in the standard works and contain 12.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:21 And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

 11:22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.




Neh. 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 2 26
Num. 2 1 3
Deut. 3 0 3
Josh. 6 0 6
Judg. 3 1 4
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
Neh. 3 0 3
Ps. 1 0 1
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 2 0 2
Dan. 1 0 1
NT 15 0 15
BM 24 0 24
DC 0 0 0
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 64 2 66

Judg. 3:13
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

Judg. 11:21
And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

Judg. 11:22
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.

Judg. 11:23
So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?