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)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 0 13
NT 5 0 5
Luke 1 0 1
John 1 0 1
Rom. 1 0 1
2 Cor. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 0 1
BM 9 0 9
DC 4 0 4
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 31 0 31

Luke 3:14
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

John 4:36
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

Rom. 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

2 Cor. 11:8
I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.

2 Pet. 2:15
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;