KJV dictionary & concordance

labour

Meaning of “labour”

1. Work, toil, effort, exertion, service, or the product of work. 2. Weariness or trouble. 3. Travail in childbirth. 4. To work, strive, serve, or exert oneself.

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89 occurrences87 verses30 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 31:42

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Proverbs 10:16

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The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Proverbs 10:16 · retained source text

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruite of the wicked to sinne.

Proverbs 13:11

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Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Proverbs 13:11 · retained source text

Wealth gotten by vanitie shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour, shall increase.

1611 marginal noteHeb. with the hand.

1611 marginal noteChap. 10.2. & 20.21.

Proverbs 14:23

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In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 14:23 · retained source text

In all labour there is profit: but the talke of the lippes tendeth onely to penury.

Proverbs 21:25

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The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

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The desire of the slouthfull killeth him: for his hands refuse to labour.

1611 marginal noteCha.13.4

Proverbs 23:4

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Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 23:4 · retained source text

Labour not to bee rich: cease from thine owne wisedome.

1611 marginal note1.Tim.6.9.10.

Complete reference index — all 87 verses

Genesis 31:42 Genesis 35:16 Genesis 35:17 Exodus 5:9 Exodus 20:9 Deuteronomy 5:13 Deuteronomy 26:7 Joshua 7:3 Joshua 24:13 Nehemiah 4:22 Nehemiah 5:13 Job 9:29 Job 39:11 Job 39:16 Psalms 78:46 Psalms 90:10 Psalms 104:23 Psalms 105:44 Psalms 107:12 Psalms 109:11 Psalms 127:1 Psalms 128:2 Psalms 144:14 Proverbs 10:16 Proverbs 13:11 Proverbs 14:23 Proverbs 21:25 Proverbs 23:4 Ecclesiastes 1:3 Ecclesiastes 1:8 Ecclesiastes 2:10 Ecclesiastes 2:11 Ecclesiastes 2:18 Ecclesiastes 2:19 Ecclesiastes 2:20 Ecclesiastes 2:21 Ecclesiastes 2:22 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 3:13 Ecclesiastes 4:8 Ecclesiastes 4:9 Ecclesiastes 5:15 Ecclesiastes 5:18 Ecclesiastes 5:19 Ecclesiastes 6:7 Ecclesiastes 8:15 Ecclesiastes 8:17 Ecclesiastes 9:9 Ecclesiastes 10:15 Isaiah 22:4 Isaiah 45:14 Isaiah 55:2 Isaiah 65:23 Jeremiah 3:24 Jeremiah 20:18 Jeremiah 51:58 Lamentations 5:5 Ezekiel 23:29 Ezekiel 29:20 Micah 4:10 Habakkuk 2:13 Habakkuk 3:17 Haggai 1:11 Matthew 11:28 John 4:38 John 6:27 Romans 16:6 Romans 16:12 1 Corinthians 3:8 1 Corinthians 4:12 1 Corinthians 15:58 2 Corinthians 5:9 Galatians 4:11 Ephesians 4:28 Philippians 1:22 Philippians 2:25 Colossians 1:29 1 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Thessalonians 2:9 1 Thessalonians 3:5 1 Thessalonians 5:12 2 Thessalonians 3:8 1 Timothy 4:10 1 Timothy 5:17 Hebrews 4:11 Hebrews 6:10 Revelation 2:2

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Genesis 31:42 Psalm 109:11 Ecclesiastes 1:8 Ecclesiastes 3:13 Romans 16:12 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Colossians 1:29 Revelation 2:2 Ecclesiastes 1:14 Joshua 24:13 Psalms 104:23 Proverbs 10:16 Ecclesiastes 2:11 Ecclesiastes 4:8 Ecclesiastes 9:9 Jeremiah 51:58 Matthew 11:28 1 Corinthians 15:58 1 Thessalonians 2:9