Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wages' occurs 31 times in the standard works.

11 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wages' in the standard works and contain 35.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:121-122 (3 in 2 verses)

Hag. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezek. 29:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 29:18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

 29:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 0 13
Gen. 5 0 5
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 1 0 1
Jer. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 0 2
Hag. 2 0 2
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 5 0 5
BM 9 0 9
DC 4 0 4
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 31 0 31

Ezek. 29:18
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

Ezek. 29:19
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.