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)

 11:24 Yea, and it shall come to pass that when they shall cry unto me I will be slow to hear their cries; yea, and I will suffer them that they be smitten by their enemies.

 11:25 And except they repent in sackcloth and ashes, and cry mightily to the Lord their God, I will not hear their prayers, neither will I deliver them out of their afflictions; and thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me.




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)

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

Mosiah 9:17
Yea, in the strength of the Lord did we go forth to battle against the Lamanites; for I and my people did cry mightily to the Lord that he would deliver us out of the hands of our enemies, for we were awakened to a remembrance of the deliverance of our fathers.

Mosiah 11:24
Yea, and it shall come to pass that when they shall cry unto me I will be slow to hear their cries; yea, and I will suffer them that they be smitten by their enemies.

Mosiah 11:25
And except they repent in sackcloth and ashes, and cry mightily to the Lord their God, I will not hear their prayers, neither will I deliver them out of their afflictions; and thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me.

Mosiah 21:10
Now there were a great many widows in the land, and they did cry mightily from day to day, for a great fear of the Lamanites had come upon them.

Mosiah 21:14
And they did humble themselves even in the depths of humility; and they did cry mightily to God; yea, even all the day long did they cry unto their God that he would deliver them out of their afflictions.

Mosiah 21:15
And now the Lord was slow to hear their cry because of their iniquities; nevertheless the Lord did hear their cries, and began to soften the hearts of the Lamanites that they began to ease their burdens; yet the Lord did not see fit to deliver them out of bondage.

Mosiah 23:28
Therefore they hushed their fears, and began to cry unto the Lord that he would soften the hearts of the Lamanites, that they would spare them, and their wives, and their children.

Mosiah 24:10
And it came to pass that so great were their afflictions that they began to cry mightily to God.