Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sick' occurs 116 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sick' in the standard works and contain 19% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mark 2:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

John 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)


2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

 13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

 13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.




Matt. 25:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 2:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

James 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 38 37 75
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 0 1 1
Lev. 1 1 2
Deut. 0 6 6
1 Sam. 2 1 3
2 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 3 2 5
2 Kgs. 6 1 7
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 2 8 10
Neh. 1 0 1
Ps. 1 1 2
Prov. 2 0 2
Eccl. 0 2 2
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 5 2 7
Jer. 1 1 2
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 1 5 6
Hosea 1 1 2
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 0 1 1
Micah 1 0 1
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 50 16 66
BM 19 6 25
DC 9 15 24
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 116 74 190

2 Sam. 12:15
And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

2 Sam. 13:2
And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.

2 Sam. 13:5
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

2 Sam. 13:6
So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.