Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'suck' occurs 22 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'suck' in the standard works and contain 18.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 60:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 15 12 27
Gen. 1 0 1
Num. 0 1 1
Deut. 2 1 3
1 Sam. 1 3 4
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 0 1 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 4 2 6
Jer. 0 1 1
Lam. 1 2 3
Ezek. 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
NT 4 2 6
BM 2 4 6
DC 0 1 1
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 22 19 41

Gen. 21:7
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

Deut. 32:13
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

Deut. 33:19
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

1 Sam. 1:23
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

1 Kgs. 3:21
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.

Job 3:12
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

Job 20:16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

Job 39:30
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

Isa. 60:16
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

Isa. 66:11
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

Isa. 66:12
For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

Lam. 4:3
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Ezek. 23:34
Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

Joel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.