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)

 22:4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.

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




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

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. 7:7
The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

Ezek. 7:12
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

Ezek. 9:1
He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

Ezek. 9:6
Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

Ezek. 11:3
Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

Ezek. 18:6
And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

Ezek. 22:4
Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.

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

Ezek. 30:3
For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

Ezek. 40:46
And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minister unto him.

Ezek. 44:13
And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

Ezek. 44:15
But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God:

Ezek. 44:16
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

Ezek. 45:4
The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the Lord: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.