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
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 1 1 2
Lev. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 0 2 2
2 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 4 4 8
Ps. 7 7 14
Prov. 5 1 6
Eccl. 4 1 5
Isa. 8 3 11
Jer. 8 3 11
Lam. 4 0 4
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 0 1 1
Hosea 1 1 2
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 16 18 34
BM 53 30 83
DC 8 1 9
PGP 4 1 5
TOTAL 135 77 212

Ex. 3:7
And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

1 Sam. 1:15
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.

1 Sam. 10:2
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

2 Sam. 22:6
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

Job 6:7
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

Job 9:28
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

Job 21:17
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

Job 39:3
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

Ps. 16:4
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

Ps. 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Ps. 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Ps. 32:10
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

Ps. 69:29
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Ps. 116:3
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Ps. 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Prov. 14:13
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

Eccl. 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Isa. 13:8
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

Isa. 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Isa. 53:4
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Jer. 13:21
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

Jer. 31:25
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

Jer. 49:24
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

Dan. 10:16
And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

Hosea 13:13
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

Zeph. 3:18
I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

Zech. 9:5
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.