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)

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

Gen. 18:25
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Gen. 22:4
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Gen. 37:18
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Gen. 43:27
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

Gen. 44:4
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?