Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sorrows' occurs 29 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 'sorrows' in the standard works and contain 20.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.




Isa. 53:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 19 0 19
NT 3 0 3
BM 6 0 6
DC 0 0 0
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 29 0 29

Ex. 3:7
And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

2 Sam. 22:6
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

Job 9:28
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

Job 21:17
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

Job 39:3
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

Ps. 16:4
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

Ps. 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Ps. 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Ps. 32:10
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

Ps. 116:3
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Ps. 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Eccl. 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Isa. 13:8
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

Isa. 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Isa. 53:4
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Jer. 13:21
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

Jer. 49:24
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

Dan. 10:16
And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

Hosea 13:13
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

Matt. 24:8
All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Mark 13:8
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

1 Tim. 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

2 Ne. 23:8
And they shall be afraid; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

Mosiah 14:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Mosiah 14:4
Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Alma 28:8
And this is the account of Ammon and his brethren, their journeyings in the land of Nephi, their sufferings in the land, their sorrows, and their afflictions, and their incomprehensible joy, and the reception and safety of the brethren in the land of Jershon. And now may the Lord, the Redeemer of all men, bless their souls forever.

Morm. 6:20
But behold, ye are gone, and my sorrows cannot bring your return.

Ether 8:8
Now the daughter of Jared being exceedingly expert, and seeing the sorrows of her father, thought to devise a plan whereby she could redeem the kingdom unto her father.

JS-M 1:19
All things which have befallen them are only the beginning of the sorrows which shall come upon them.