Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sackcloth' occurs 51 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sackcloth' in the standard works and contain 27.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Esth. 4:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 1 43
Gen. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 0 1 1
Esth. 4 0 4
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 3 0 3
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 1 0 1
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 3 0 3
NT 4 0 4
BM 4 0 4
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 51 1 52

Jonah 3:5
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

Jonah 3:6
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Jonah 3:8
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.