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)

Rev. 8:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)


Luke 11:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

 11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

 11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

 11:44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.




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

Luke 6:24
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

Luke 6:25
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

Luke 6:26
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Luke 10:13
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 11:42
But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Luke 11:43
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

Luke 11:44
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

Luke 11:46
And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

Luke 11:47
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Luke 11:52
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

Luke 17:1
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

Luke 21:23
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

Luke 22:22
And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!