Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tear' occurs 16 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 'tear' in the standard works and contain 25% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 122:6 (2 in 1 verse)


Ezek. 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

 13:20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

 13:21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 29 42
Deut. 0 1 1
Judg. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 0 3 3
Ps. 3 8 11
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 0 3 3
Jer. 2 5 7
Lam. 0 3 3
Ezek. 2 1 3
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 0 13 13
BM 1 10 11
DC 2 0 2
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 16 53 69

Ezek. 13:20
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

Ezek. 13:21
Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 24:16
Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.