Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lament' occurs 24 times in the standard works.

7 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lament' in the standard works and contain 29.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 32:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 19 36 55
NT 2 4 6
Matt. 0 2 2
Luke 0 1 1
John 1 0 1
Acts 0 1 1
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 2 14 16
DC 1 2 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 24 56 80

Matt. 2:18
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Matt. 11:17
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

Luke 23:27
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

John 16:20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Acts 8:2
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

Rev. 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,