Thematic Bible: Burden
Thematic Bible
Burden » Bearing the burdens of others
I left nothing undone to show you that, laboring as I labored, you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said himself-- 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
Verse Concepts
Brothers, even if a man should be caught committing a sin, you who are spiritually minded should, in a gentle spirit, help him to recover himself, taking care lest any one of you also should be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so carry out the Law of the Christ.
Let your love for the Brethren continue. :24 Give our greeting to all your Leaders, and to all Christ's People. Our friends from Italy send their greetings to you. Do not neglect to show hospitality; for, through being hospitable, men have all unawares entertained angels. Remember the prisoners, as if you were their fellow-prisoners, and the oppressed, not forgetting that you also are still in the body.
Burden » Figurative » Of oppressions
While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other men's shoulder's they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them.
Verse Concepts
But Jesus went on: "Alas for you, too, you Students of the Law! You load men with loads that are too heavy to carry, but do not, yourselves, touch them with one of your fingers.
Verse Concepts
Bear one another's burdens, and so carry out the Law of the Christ.
Verse Concepts
Burden » Figurative » Of the prophetic message
Burden » The burden of jesus Christ
Come to me, all you who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest! Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly-minded, and 'you shall find rest for your souls'; For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
Burden » Who should bear the burdens of the weak
We, the strong, ought to take on our own shoulders the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his neighbor's good, to help in the building up of his character. Even the Christ did not please himself! On the contrary, as Scripture says of him--'The reproaches of those who were reproaching thee fell upon me.'