Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'yoke' occurs 75 times in the standard works.

25 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'yoke' in the standard works and contain 33.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 12:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)


2 Chr. 10:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

 10:9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

 10:10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

 10:11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.




Jer. 28:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 10:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 53 4 57
Gen. 1 0 1
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Chr. 7 0 7
Job 2 0 2
Isa. 7 0 7
Jer. 14 3 17
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 1 1 2
Hosea 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
NT 6 2 8
BM 12 1 13
DC 4 0 4
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 75 7 82

2 Chr. 10:4
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

2 Chr. 10:9
And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

2 Chr. 10:10
And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

2 Chr. 10:11
For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

2 Chr. 10:14
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.