Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wept' occurs 81 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wept' in the standard works and contain 14.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 45:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)


2 Sam. 3:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

 3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

 3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

 3:34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.




2 Sam. 13:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 58 2 60
Gen. 14 0 14
Ex. 1 0 1
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 2 0 2
Judg. 6 1 7
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 4 0 4
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 0 1 1
Hosea 1 0 1
NT 13 2 15
BM 4 13 17
DC 1 3 4
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 81 20 101

2 Sam. 1:12
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

2 Sam. 3:32
And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

2 Sam. 3:34
Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

2 Sam. 12:22
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

2 Sam. 13:36
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

2 Sam. 15:23
And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

2 Sam. 15:30
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

2 Sam. 18:33
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!