Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'far' occurs 225 times in the standard works.

17 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'far' in the standard works and contain 7.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 46:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 20:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 103:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezek. 11:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 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.

 11:16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 141 51 192
Gen. 3 3 6
Ex. 2 6 8
Num. 1 1 2
Deut. 7 0 7
Josh. 5 0 5
Judg. 4 1 5
1 Sam. 3 3 6
2 Sam. 4 1 5
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 1 2 3
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 1 2 3
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 9 6 15
Ps. 18 6 24
Prov. 10 1 11
Eccl. 3 0 3
Isa. 28 6 34
Jer. 12 8 20
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 10 1 11
Dan. 2 0 2
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 2 1 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 32 33 65
BM 33 36 69
DC 13 15 28
PGP 6 5 11
TOTAL 225 140 365

Ezek. 6:12
He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

Ezek. 7:20
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

Ezek. 8:6
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

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. 11:16
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

Ezek. 12:27
Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.

Ezek. 22:5
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.

Ezek. 23:40
And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,

Ezek. 26:17
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

Ezek. 43:9
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

Ezek. 44:10
And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.