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

Jer. 3:24
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

Jer. 20:5
Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

Jer. 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Jer. 51:58
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.