Quotes about Burden
“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
— 2 Chronicles 10:4
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.’”
— 2 Chronicles 10:11
“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
— Job 6:2
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?
— Job 7:20
Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
— Job 16:6
I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
— Job 16:15
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
— Job 31:36
Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
— Job 32:19
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
— Psalm 32:3
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
— Psalm 32:4
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
— Psalm 38:4
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
— Psalm 55:22