Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sore' occurs 139 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sore' in the standard works and contain 10.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 31:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 28:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 88 4 92
NT 10 4 14
BM 30 3 33
1 Ne. 2 1 3
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Jacob 2 0 2
Mosiah 6 1 7
Alma 6 1 7
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 6 0 6
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 8 1 9
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 139 13 152

Morm. 4:2
And it came to pass that the armies of the Nephites were driven back again to the land of Desolation. And while they were yet weary, a fresh army of the Lamanites did come upon them; and they had a sore battle, insomuch that the Lamanites did take possession of the city Desolation, and did slay many of the Nephites, and did take many prisoners.

Morm. 4:19
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did come down against the city Desolation; and there was an exceedingly sore battle fought in the land Desolation, in the which they did beat the Nephites.