Quotes About Burden

So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaohís demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your fatherís service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ëLighten the yoke your father put on usí?”

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ëYour father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.í This is what you should tell them: ëMy little finger is thicker than my fatherís waist!

Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.í”

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the kingís tax on our fields and vineyards.

The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.

Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?

though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah

They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.