Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hireling' occurs 10 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hireling' in the standard works and contain 50% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 10:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

 10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

 10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.





Job 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

 7:2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 6 0 6
NT 3 0 3
BM 1 0 1
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 10 0 10

Job 7:1
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

Job 7:2
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

Job 14:6
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

Isa. 16:14
But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

Isa. 21:16
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

Mal. 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

John 10:12
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

John 10:13
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

3 Ne. 24:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord of Hosts.