Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sore' occurs 139 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sore' in the standard works and contain 10.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 31:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

 31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

 31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.




D&C 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 28:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 88 4 92
Gen. 10 1 11
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 3 0 3
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 5 1 6
1 Sam. 12 0 12
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 12 0 12
Eccl. 4 0 4
Isa. 5 2 7
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 3 0 3
Dan. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 10 4 14
BM 30 3 33
DC 8 1 9
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 139 13 152

1 Sam. 1:6
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.

1 Sam. 1:10
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

1 Sam. 5:7
And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

1 Sam. 14:52
And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

1 Sam. 17:24
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

1 Sam. 21:12
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

1 Sam. 28:15
And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

1 Sam. 28:20
Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

1 Sam. 28:21
And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.

1 Sam. 31:3
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

1 Sam. 31:4
Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.