Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bloody' occurs 17 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bloody' in the standard works and contain 23.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

 4:26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.




2 Sam. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 15 0 15
NT 1 0 1
BM 1 0 1
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 17 0 17

Ex. 4:25
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

Ex. 4:26
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

2 Sam. 16:7
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

2 Sam. 16:8
The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

2 Sam. 21:1
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

Ps. 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Ps. 26:9
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

Ps. 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Ps. 59:2
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

Ps. 139:19
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

Ezek. 7:23
Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Ezek. 22:2
Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.

Ezek. 24:6
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

Ezek. 24:9
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

Acts 28:8
And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.

Hel. 1:30
And it came to pass that Moronihah did head them in their retreat, and did give unto them battle, insomuch that it became an exceedingly bloody battle; yea, many were slain, and among the number who were slain Coriantumr was also found.