Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sport' occurs 6 times in the standard works.

3 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sport' in the standard works and contain 50% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 16:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

 16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

 16:26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.

 16:27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 6 1 7
NT 0 1 1
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 6 2 8

Gen. 26:8
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

Judg. 16:25
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

Judg. 16:27
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

Prov. 10:23
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Prov. 26:19
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

Isa. 57:4
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

2 Pet. 2:13
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;