11 Bible Verses about Burdens
Most Relevant Verses
Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens loaded themselves so that everyone worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail).
The oracle (a burdensome message—a pronouncement from God) which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
But He said, “Woe to you lawyers as well, because you weigh men down with burdens [man-made rules, unreasonable requirements] which are hard to bear, and you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers [to lighten the load].
For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood];
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
Carry one another’s burdens and in this way you will fulfill the requirements of the law of Christ [that is, the law of Christian love].
Topics on Burdens
Easy Burdens
1 Kings 12:4“Your father made our yoke (burden) heavy; so now lighten the hard labor and the heavy yoke your father imposed on us, and we will serve you.”
Heavy Burdens
Matthew 11:28Removing Burdens
Psalm 81:6
“I removed the burden from his shoulder;
His hands were freed from the basket.
Sharing Burdens
Galatians 6:2Carry one another’s burdens and in this way you will fulfill the requirements of the law of Christ [that is, the law of Christian love].