Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sackcloth' occurs 51 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sackcloth' in the standard works and contain 27.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Esth. 4:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 1 43
NT 4 0 4
BM 4 0 4
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Mosiah 1 0 1
Hel. 1 0 1
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 51 1 52

2 Ne. 7:3
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

2 Ne. 13:24
And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle, a rent; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.

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.

Hel. 11:9
And it came to pass that the judges did say unto Nephi, according to the words which had been desired. And it came to pass that when Nephi saw that the people had repented and did humble themselves in sackcloth, he cried again unto the Lord, saying: