20 occurrences

'Burdens' in the Bible

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfOppression, Nature OfStoringSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, HardshipSuffering, Nature OfTaskmastersStores Of FoodForced Labour

And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

Verse ConceptsVisitingGrowing UpForced Labourempathymanhood

And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

Verse ConceptsDoing One's Workdistractions

And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

Verse ConceptsMany In Israel

Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, As SaviorArmsGod, The LordRedemption, In Everyday LifeStrength, DivineArm Of GodCaptivesStrength Of GodRemoving BurdensI Am The LordGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptRedemptionGod's Interventionliberation

And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofGod, The LordRelationshipsUnity, Of God's PeopleRemoving BurdensYou Will Know I Am The LordI Will Be Their GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:

At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

Verse ConceptsMan Appointing

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

Verse ConceptsStonesFifty To Ninety Thousand

And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

Verse ConceptsConscriptionMasonsOverseersSkillStonesThree Thousand And UpFifty To Ninety Thousand

And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

Verse ConceptsMasonsStonesThree Thousand And UpFifty To Ninety Thousand

Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

Verse ConceptsSecretary

And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

Verse ConceptsImpossible For PeopleRubbishNo Strength LeftTired In Activity

They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

Verse ConceptsBurdensconstructionrebuilding

In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofFig treeAgriculture, TermsGrapesReformationRest, PhysicalWinepressFigsTreading GrapesSabbath Violated

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Verse ConceptsYokesHow To FastPeople Releasing OthersInjusticeFastingFasting And PrayerBreaking Chainsliberation

Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

Verse ConceptsFutilityOraclesVisionsFalse VisionsSin Made KnownMen DeceivingFalse Prophets DenouncedWhat Sin?Peace And SafetyFake Friends

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