Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wept' occurs 81 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wept' in the standard works and contain 14.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 45:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 13:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


3 Ne. 17:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 17:21 And when he had said these words, he wept, and the multitude bare record of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them.

 17:22 And when he had done this he wept again;




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 58 2 60
NT 13 2 15
BM 4 13 17
Jacob 1 0 1
Enos 0 1 1
Jarom 0 2 2
Alma 1 2 3
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 0 2 2
Ether 0 5 5
DC 1 3 4
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 81 20 101

3 Ne. 17:21
And when he had said these words, he wept, and the multitude bare record of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them.

3 Ne. 17:22
And when he had done this he wept again;