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)

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

1 Chr. 3:22
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

1 Chr. 3:23
And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.

1 Chr. 4:42
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.