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)

 20:31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

 20:32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.




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
Gen. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 0 1 1
Esth. 4 0 4
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 3 0 3
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 1 0 1
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 3 0 3
NT 4 0 4
BM 4 0 4
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 51 1 52

1 Kgs. 20:31
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

1 Kgs. 20:32
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

1 Kgs. 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.