Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'mourn' occurs 78 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 'mourn' in the standard works and contain 15.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 24:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 61:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 39 82 121
NT 6 8 14
BM 25 26 51
1 Ne. 1 1 2
2 Ne. 2 1 3
Jacob 1 1 2
Mosiah 7 3 10
Alma 5 9 14
Hel. 3 2 5
3 Ne. 2 4 6
Morm. 3 2 5
Ether 1 3 4
DC 5 3 8
PGP 3 3 6
TOTAL 78 122 200

Morm. 2:11
Thus there began to be a mourning and a lamentation in all the land because of these things, and more especially among the people of Nephi.

Morm. 2:12
And it came to pass that when I, Mormon, saw their lamentation and their mourning and their sorrow before the Lord, my heart did begin to rejoice within me, knowing the mercies and the long-suffering of the Lord, therefore supposing that he would be merciful unto them that they would again become a righteous people.