21 Bible Verses about Heavy Burdens

Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest.

If thou see the donkey of him who hates thee lying under his burden, thou shall refrain leaving him. Thou shall surely release [it] with him.

And now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

For they bind heavy burdens and difficult to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders, but they do not want to move them with their finger.

And he said, Woe also to you lawyers! Because ye load men with burdens difficult to bear, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

Behold, I will press [you] in your place, as a cart presses that is full of sheaves.

And Moses said to LORD, Why have thou dealt ill with thy servant? And why have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou lay the burden of all this people upon me?

And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone.

How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

And David said to him, If thou pass on with me, then thou will be a burden to me,

But the former governors who were before me charged the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty, but a fool's vexation is heavier than both.

Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.

For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

saying, These last did one hour, and thou have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our affliction that happened to us in Asia, because we were extraordinarily weighed down, above strength, so as for us to despair even to be alive.

For each man will bear his own burden.

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.

for from these are those who creep into houses, and take captive petty women laden with sins, being led away by various impulses,