Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cup' occurs 85 times in the standard works.

35 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cup' in the standard works and contain 41.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 11:25-28 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 40:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 23:31-33 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 44:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 22:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 44:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 44:16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

 44:17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.




Matt. 20:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 23:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 37 19 56
Gen. 10 2 12
Ex. 0 1 1
Judg. 0 2 2
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Neh. 0 1 1
Ps. 6 0 6
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 4 1 5
Jer. 6 2 8
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 4 6 10
Jonah 0 1 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 31 10 41
BM 10 1 11
DC 7 1 8
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 85 32 117

Gen. 40:11
And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

Gen. 40:13
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

Gen. 40:21
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

Gen. 44:2
And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

Gen. 44:12
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Gen. 44:16
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

Gen. 44:17
And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.

Gen. 46:33
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

Gen. 47:3
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.