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

Josh. 3:4
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Josh. 10:24
And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

Josh. 15:46
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:

Josh. 17:4
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

Josh. 18:13
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.

Josh. 21:1
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;