Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'grievous' occurs 56 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'grievous' in the standard works and contain 14.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 95:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 30 7 37
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 2 0 2
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 2 3 5
Jer. 6 1 7
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 0 1 1
Nahum 1 0 1
NT 8 2 10
BM 8 2 10
DC 8 0 8
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 56 11 67

Isa. 9:1
Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

Isa. 10:1
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

Isa. 21:15
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

Jer. 23:19
Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

Lam. 1:8
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

Lam. 1:20
Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

Ezek. 14:13
Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: