Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'woe' occurs 110 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'woe' in the standard works and contain 30% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 6:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)


Matt. 23:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

 23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!




Rev. 8:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 11:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 16:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 11:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 45:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 66 3 69
NT 40 3 43
Matt. 14 0 14
Mark 2 0 2
Luke 15 0 15
1 Cor. 1 0 1
Heb. 0 1 1
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 7 2 9
BM 2 0 2
DC 1 1 2
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 110 7 117

Matt. 11:21
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Matt. 18:7
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

Matt. 23:13
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Matt. 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Matt. 23:15
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Matt. 23:16
Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

Matt. 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Matt. 23:25
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

Matt. 23:27
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Matt. 23:29
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

Matt. 24:19
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Matt. 26:24
The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.