Quotes About Burden

“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am weary, O God, and worn out.

Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.

There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:

I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”

For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.

On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.

This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:

I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”

In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:

This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!

This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”