Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hired' occurs 37 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hired' in the standard works and contain 10.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Neh. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

 6:13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.




Hosea 8:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 28 0 28
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 6 0 6
Deut. 3 0 3
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 3 0 3
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 1 0 1
Hosea 2 0 2
NT 6 0 6
BM 2 0 2
DC 0 0 0
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 37 0 37

Neh. 6:12
And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Neh. 6:13
Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

Neh. 13:2
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.