2 Chronicles 10:4
Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
Exodus 1:13-14
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;
Exodus 2:23
And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage;
1 Samuel 8:11-18
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, on his chariot and among his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots;
1 Kings 4:20
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
1 Kings 4:25
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
1 Kings 5:15
And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountains;
1 Kings 9:22
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen; but they were men of war, and his servants, and his chiefs, and his captains, and captains of his chariots, and his horsemen.
1 Kings 12:4
Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten thou the grievous servitude of thy father and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
Isaiah 47:6
I was wroth with my people, I polluted mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the aged didst thou very heavily lay thy yoke;
Matthew 11:29-30
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;
Matthew 23:4
but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.
1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.