Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sorrow' occurs 135 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sorrow' in the standard works and contain 28.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Morm. 5:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 3:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 4:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

John 16:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 28:14-29:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Lam. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 7:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 2:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 25:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 54 27 81
NT 16 18 34
Matt. 0 5 5
Mark 0 3 3
Luke 1 3 4
John 4 1 5
Acts 0 1 1
Rom. 1 0 1
2 Cor. 4 3 7
Philip. 2 1 3
1 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 0 1 1
Rev. 3 0 3
BM 53 30 83
DC 8 1 9
PGP 4 1 5
TOTAL 135 77 212

Matt. 19:22
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

Matt. 24:8
All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Matt. 26:22
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

Matt. 26:37
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

Matt. 26:38
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

Mark 13:8
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

Mark 14:19
And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?

Mark 14:34
And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

Luke 2:48
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

Luke 18:23
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

Luke 18:24
And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

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 20:38
Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.

2 Cor. 6:10
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

2 Cor. 7:9
Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

2 Cor. 7:11
For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

Philip. 2:28
I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

1 Tim. 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.