Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sorrowful' occurs 38 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sorrowful' in the standard works and contain 15.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 17:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 26:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 7 0 7
NT 11 0 11
Matt. 4 0 4
Mark 2 0 2
Luke 2 0 2
John 1 0 1
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Philip. 1 0 1
BM 19 0 19
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 38 0 38

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

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 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 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.

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

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.