Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'labour' occurs 89 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 'labour' in the standard works and contain 16.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 2:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Eccl. 2:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 4:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 35:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


Eccl. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

 5:19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 65 25 90
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 2 2 4
Deut. 2 1 3
Josh. 2 0 2
Neh. 2 1 3
Job 3 1 4
Ps. 9 0 9
Prov. 5 3 8
Eccl. 23 7 30
Isa. 4 5 9
Jer. 3 1 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 0 1 1
Hosea 0 1 1
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 2 0 2
Hag. 1 1 2
NT 24 31 55
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 89 56 145

Eccl. 1:3
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Eccl. 1:8
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Eccl. 2:10
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

Eccl. 2:11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Eccl. 2:18
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Eccl. 2:19
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Eccl. 2:20
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

Eccl. 2:21
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Eccl. 2:22
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

Eccl. 2:24
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

Eccl. 3:9
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

Eccl. 3:13
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

Eccl. 4:8
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Eccl. 4:9
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

Eccl. 5:12
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Eccl. 5:15
As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Eccl. 5:16
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

Eccl. 5:18
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

Eccl. 5:19
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

Eccl. 6:7
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Eccl. 8:15
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Eccl. 8:17
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

Eccl. 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Eccl. 10:15
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.