Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hire' occurs 28 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hire' in the standard works and contain 28.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Micah 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 30:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)


Isa. 23:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

 23:17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

 23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 19 49 68
Gen. 4 1 5
Ex. 1 5 6
Lev. 0 6 6
Deut. 2 3 5
Judg. 0 2 2
1 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 1 1 2
2 Chr. 0 2 2
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 3 3
Job 0 5 5
Song. 0 3 3
Isa. 3 4 7
Jer. 0 1 1
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 2 4 6
Hosea 0 2 2
Micah 3 1 4
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 4 10 14
BM 0 4 4
DC 5 0 5
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 28 64 92

Isa. 7:20
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

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:

Isa. 23:17
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

Isa. 23:18
And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Isa. 46:6
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

Isa. 54:11
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.