Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'afflict' occurs 45 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 'afflict' in the standard works and contain 13.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 24:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 112 148
Gen. 2 4 6
Ex. 3 4 7
Lev. 4 1 5
Num. 4 1 5
Deut. 0 3 3
Judg. 3 0 3
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Sam. 1 2 3
1 Kgs. 1 5 6
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
2 Chr. 1 4 5
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 0 2 2
Job 1 10 11
Ps. 5 30 35
Prov. 0 4 4
Isa. 4 13 17
Jer. 1 5 6
Lam. 1 8 9
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 2 1 3
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 0 1 1
Nahum 1 2 3
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 1 1 2
Zech. 0 3 3
NT 0 31 31
BM 9 123 132
DC 0 30 30
PGP 0 3 3
TOTAL 45 299 344

Judg. 16:5
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

Judg. 16:6
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

Judg. 16:19
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.