Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'grievous' occurs 56 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'grievous' in the standard works and contain 14.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 95:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 30 7 37
NT 8 2 10
Matt. 1 2 3
Luke 1 0 1
Acts 2 0 2
Philip. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 8 2 10
DC 8 0 8
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 56 11 67

Matt. 8:6
And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

Matt. 15:22
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Matt. 23:4
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

Luke 11:46
And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

Acts 20:29
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Acts 25:7
And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.

Philip. 3:1
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

Heb. 12:11
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

1 Jn. 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Rev. 16:2
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.