Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cry' occurs 309 times in the standard works.

99 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cry' in the standard works and contain 32% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 39 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 34:20-25 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 1:34-39 (6 in 6 verses)

Isa. 15:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 11:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 21:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:41-42 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 22:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 19:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 34:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 35:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 141:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 21:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 29:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 40:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 33:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 61:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 42:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 48:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:35-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)


3 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:24 And in one place they were heard to cry, saying: O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and then would our brethren have been spared, and they would not have been burned in that great city Zarahemla.

 8:25 And in another place they were heard to cry and mourn, saying: O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and had not killed and stoned the prophets, and cast them out; then would our mothers and our fair daughters, and our children have been spared, and not have been buried up in that great city Moronihah. And thus were the howlings of the people great and terrible.




Morm. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 172 15 187
NT 9 22 31
BM 116 8 124
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 19 1 20
Jacob 1 0 1
Enos 2 0 2
Mosiah 9 0 9
Alma 35 3 38
Hel. 14 1 15
3 Ne. 14 1 15
Morm. 8 0 8
Ether 12 1 13
Moro. 0 1 1
DC 10 13 23
PGP 2 1 3
TOTAL 309 59 368

3 Ne. 3:12
Now behold, this Lachoneus, the governor, was a just man, and could not be frightened by the demands and the threatenings of a robber; therefore he did not hearken to the epistle of Giddianhi, the governor of the robbers, but he did cause that his people should cry unto the Lord for strength against the time that the robbers should come down against them.

3 Ne. 3:15
Yea, he said unto them: As the Lord liveth, except ye repent of all your iniquities, and cry unto the Lord, ye will in nowise be delivered out of the hands of those Gadianton robbers.

3 Ne. 4:28
And their leader, Zemnarihah, was taken and hanged upon a tree, yea, even upon the top thereof until he was dead. And when they had hanged him until he was dead they did fell the tree to the earth, and did cry with a loud voice, saying:

3 Ne. 4:30
And they did rejoice and cry again with one voice, saying: May the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, protect this people in righteousness, so long as they shall call on the name of their God for protection.

3 Ne. 4:32
Yea, they did cry: Hosanna to the Most High God. And they did cry: Blessed be the name of the Lord God Almighty, the Most High God.

3 Ne. 7:23
Thus passed away the thirty and second year also. And Nephi did cry unto the people in the commencement of the thirty and third year; and he did preach unto them repentance and remission of sins.

3 Ne. 8:24
And in one place they were heard to cry, saying: O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and then would our brethren have been spared, and they would not have been burned in that great city Zarahemla.

3 Ne. 8:25
And in another place they were heard to cry and mourn, saying: O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and had not killed and stoned the prophets, and cast them out; then would our mothers and our fair daughters, and our children have been spared, and not have been buried up in that great city Moronihah. And thus were the howlings of the people great and terrible.

3 Ne. 9:1
And it came to pass that there was a voice heard among all the inhabitants of the earth, upon all the face of this land, crying:

3 Ne. 9:11
And because they did cast them all out, that there were none righteous among them, I did send down fire and destroy them, that their wickedness and abominations might be hid from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints whom I sent among them might not cry unto me from the ground against them.

3 Ne. 11:16
And when they had all gone forth and had witnessed for themselves, they did cry out with one accord, saying:

3 Ne. 20:9
Now, when the multitude had all eaten and drunk, behold, they were filled with the Spirit; and they did cry out with one voice, and gave glory to Jesus, whom they both saw and heard.

3 Ne. 20:41
And then shall a cry go forth: Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch not that which is unclean; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.

3 Ne. 22:1
And then shall that which is written come to pass: Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.