Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cry' occurs 309 times in the standard works.

99 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cry' in the standard works and contain 32% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 39 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 34:20-25 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 1:34-39 (6 in 6 verses)

Isa. 15:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 11:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 21:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:41-42 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 22:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 19:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 34:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 35:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 141:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 21:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 29:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 40:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 33:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 61:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 42:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 48:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:35-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 172 15 187
Gen. 4 0 4
Ex. 9 0 9
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 2 0 2
Judg. 1 1 2
1 Sam. 4 1 5
2 Sam. 2 1 3
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Neh. 3 0 3
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 14 2 16
Ps. 30 1 31
Prov. 3 2 5
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 29 3 32
Jer. 31 1 32
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 7 1 8
Hosea 2 0 2
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 3 0 3
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 2 1 3
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 9 22 31
BM 116 8 124
DC 10 13 23
PGP 2 1 3
TOTAL 309 59 368

1 Sam. 4:14
And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.

1 Sam. 5:12
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Sam. 7:8
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 8:18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.

1 Sam. 9:16
To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.