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)

D&C 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 41:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

 41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

 41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.




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

Gen. 19:9
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

Gen. 20:8
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

Gen. 31:30
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Gen. 34:25
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

Gen. 41:56
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

Gen. 41:57
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

Gen. 43:1
And the famine was sore in the land.

Gen. 47:4
They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

Gen. 47:13
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

Gen. 49:23
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

Gen. 50:10
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.