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)

 26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

 26:38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.




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.