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)

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

Isa. 22:4
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

Isa. 45:14
Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

Isa. 47:12
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

Isa. 47:15
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

Isa. 49:4
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

Isa. 55:2
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Isa. 58:3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

Isa. 62:8
The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

Isa. 65:23
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.