22 Bible Verses about Heavy Burdens

Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

If you see the donkey of him who hates you lying under its burden, and would refrain to help him, you shall surely help with him.

And now whereas my father did lay upon you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father has 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, and I will add to your yoke: my father also 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 grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

And he said, Woe unto you also, you lawyers! for you load men with burdens hard to be borne, and you yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

Behold, I am weighted down under you, as a cart is weighted down that is full of sheaves.

And Moses said unto the LORD, Why have you afflicted your servant? and why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people upon me?

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

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

Unto whom David said, If you go on with me, then you shall be a burden unto me:

But the former governors that had been before me laid burdens upon the people, and had taken of them food and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

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

Heaviness in the heart of man makes him stoop: but a good word makes him glad.

For my iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are woven together, and come up upon my neck: he has made my strength to fall, the Lord has delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

Saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.

For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life:

For every man shall bear his own burden.

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with carousing, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

For of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with various lusts,