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
NT 24 31 55
Matt. 1 5 6
Luke 0 3 3
John 2 2 4
Acts 0 1 1
Rom. 2 1 3
1 Cor. 3 3 6
2 Cor. 1 3 4
Gal. 1 0 1
Eph. 1 0 1
Philip. 2 3 5
Col. 1 1 2
1 Thes. 4 2 6
2 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 2 1 3
2 Tim. 0 1 1
Philem. 0 2 2
Heb. 2 0 2
James 0 1 1
Rev. 1 2 3
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 89 56 145

Matt. 9:37
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

Matt. 9:38
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

Matt. 20:1
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

Matt. 20:2
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Matt. 20:8
So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

Luke 10:2
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Luke 10:7
And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

John 4:38
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

Acts 20:35
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Rom. 16:12
Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

1 Cor. 3:9
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

1 Cor. 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1 Cor. 16:16
That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.

2 Cor. 6:5
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

2 Cor. 10:15
Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

2 Cor. 11:23
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

Philip. 2:16
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Philip. 4:3
And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

Col. 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

1 Thes. 2:9
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

1 Thes. 3:2
And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

1 Tim. 5:18
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

2 Tim. 2:6
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

Philem. 1:1
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,

Philem. 1:24
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.

James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

Rev. 2:3
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

Rev. 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.