Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'yoke' occurs 75 times in the standard works.

25 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'yoke' in the standard works and contain 33.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 12:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Chr. 10:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)


Jer. 28:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

 28:10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.

 28:11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

 28:12 Then the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,




1 Kgs. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 10:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 53 4 57
Gen. 1 0 1
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Chr. 7 0 7
Job 2 0 2
Isa. 7 0 7
Jer. 14 3 17
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 1 1 2
Hosea 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
NT 6 2 8
BM 12 1 13
DC 4 0 4
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 75 7 82

Jer. 2:20
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

Jer. 5:5
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

Jer. 27:2
Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

Jer. 27:8
And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

Jer. 27:11
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

Jer. 27:12
I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

Jer. 28:2
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Jer. 28:4
And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Jer. 28:10
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.

Jer. 28:11
And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

Jer. 28:12
Then the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

Jer. 28:13
Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

Jer. 28:14
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

Jer. 30:8
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

Jer. 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.

Jer. 51:23
I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.