Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wept' occurs 81 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wept' in the standard works and contain 14.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 45:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 13:36 (2 in 1 verse)


Judg. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:16 And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

 14:17 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.




3 Ne. 17:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 58 2 60
Gen. 14 0 14
Ex. 1 0 1
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 2 0 2
Judg. 6 1 7
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 4 0 4
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 0 1 1
Hosea 1 0 1
NT 13 2 15
BM 4 13 17
DC 1 3 4
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 81 20 101

Judg. 2:4
And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Judg. 5:21
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

Judg. 14:16
And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

Judg. 14:17
And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

Judg. 20:23
(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.)

Judg. 20:26
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

Judg. 21:2
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;