Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Burden’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Burden’ occurs 109 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 26:10 And Abimelech said: “Why have you burdened us? Someone from the people could have lain with your wife, and you would have brought a great sin upon us.” And he instructed all the people, saying,Genesis 26:10
Genesis 42:27 And one of them, opening a sack to give his beast of burden fodder at the inn, looked upon the money at the sack’s mouth,Genesis 42:27
Number of the word / term Burden in Genesis: 2
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 1:11 And so he set over them masters of the works, in order to afflict them with burdens. And they built for Pharaoh the cities of the tabernacles: Pithom and Raamses.Exodus 1:11
Exodus 5:4 The king of Egypt said to them: “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, distract the people from their works? Go back to your burdens.”Exodus 5:4
Exodus 11:5 And every firstborn in the land of the Egyptians shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the handmaid, who is at the millstone, and all the firstborn of the beasts of burden.Exodus 11:5
Exodus 18:22 who may judge the people at all times. Then, when anything greater will have occurred, they may refer it to you, and let them judge the lesser matters only. And so it may be lighter for you, the burden being divided among others.Exodus 18:22
Exodus 23:5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you, fallen under its burden, you shall not pass by without lifting it up with him.Exodus 23:5
Number of the word / term Burden in Exodus: 5
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have wrapped the Sanctuary and its vessels at the dismantling of the camp, then the sons of Kohath shall enter, so as to carry what has been wrapped. And they shall not touch the vessels of the Sanctuary, lest they die. These are the burdens of the sons of Kohath concerning the tabernacle of the covenant.Numbers 4:15
Numbers 4:27 the sons of Gershon shall carry, under the orders of Aaron and his sons. And so shall each one know to which burden he ought to surrender.Numbers 4:27
Numbers 4:31 These are their burdens: They shall carry the panels of the tabernacle and its bars, the columns and their bases,Numbers 4:31
Numbers 4:47 from thirty years and above, until the fiftieth year, entering for the ministry of the tabernacle and carrying the burdens,Numbers 4:47
Numbers 4:49 Moses took a census of them, according to the word of the Lord, each one according to their office and their burdens, just as the Lord had instructed him.Numbers 4:49
Numbers 7:9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave no wagons or oxen, because they serve in the Sanctuary and they carry their burdens on their shoulders.Numbers 7:9
Numbers 11:17 so that I may descend and speak to you. And I will take from your spirit, and I will deliver it to them, so that, with you, they may sustain the burden of the people, and so that you will not be weighed down alone.Numbers 11:17
Numbers 35:3 cities as dwelling places, with their surrounding suburbs, so that they may lodge in the towns, and so that the suburbs may be for cattle and beasts of burden.Numbers 35:3
Number of the word / term Burden in Numbers: 8
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 26:6 And the Egyptians afflicted us, and they persecuted us, imposing upon us the most grievous burdens.Deuteronomy 26:6
Number of the word / term Burden in Deuteronomy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 14:4 For by succession, the sons of Joseph, in their place, were divided into two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. But the Levites did not receive another portion of land, except cities in which to live, and their suburbs, so as to feed their beasts of burden and cattle.Joshua 14:4
Number of the word / term Burden in Joshua: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Judges
Judges 19:10 His son-in-law was not willing to agree to his words. Instead, he immediately continued on, and he arrived opposite Jebus, which by another name is called Jerusalem, leading with him two donkeys carrying burdens, and his mate.Judges 19:10
Number of the word / term Burden in Judges: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 17:20 And so, David rose up in the morning, and he commended the flock to the caretaker. And he went away burdened, just as Jesse had instructed him. And he went to the place of the battle line, and to the army, which, in going out to fight, was shouting in the conflict.1 Samuel 17:20
Number of the word / term Burden in 1 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 13:25 And the king said to Absalom: “Do not, my son, do not choose to ask that we may all come and be a burden to you.” Then, after he urged him, and he had refused to go, he blessed him.2 Samuel 13:25
2 Samuel 15:33 And David said to him: “If you come with me, you will be a burden to me.2 Samuel 15:33
2 Samuel 16:1 And when David had passed a little beyond the top of the mountain, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, appeared to meet him, with two donkeys, which were burdened with two hundred loaves, and one hundred bunches of dried grapes, and one hundred masses of dried figs, and a skin of wine.2 Samuel 16:1
2 Samuel 19:35 Today I am eighty years old. Are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? Or is food and drink able to delight your servant? Or can I still hear the voice of men and women singers? Why should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?2 Samuel 19:35
Number of the word / term Burden in 2 Samuel: 4
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 4:28 Also, they brought barley and straw for the horses and beasts of burden, to the place where the king was, just as it was appointed to them.1 Kings 4:28
1 Kings 5:15 And Solomon had seventy thousand of those who were carrying burdens, and eighty thousand of those who cut stones from the mountain,1 Kings 5:15
1 Kings 18:5 Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land, to all fountains of water, and to all the valleys, for perhaps we will be able to find plants, and save the horses and mules, so that the beasts of burden may not perish entirely.”1 Kings 18:5
Number of the word / term Burden in 1 Kings: 3
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 3:9 Therefore, the king of Israel, and the king of Judah, and the king of Idumea, traveled, and they went by a circuitous path for seven days. But there was no water for the army or for the beasts of burden which were following them.2 Kings 3:9
2 Kings 3:17 For thus says the Lord: You shall not see wind or rain. And yet this channel shall be filled with water. And you shall drink, you and your families, and your beasts of burden.2 Kings 3:17
2 Kings 5:17 And Naaman said: “As you wish. But I beg you to grant to me, your servant, that I may take from here the burden of two mules from the ground. For your servant will no longer offer holocaust or victim to other gods, except to the Lord.2 Kings 5:17
2 Kings 8:9 And so, Hazael went to meet him, having with him gifts, and all the goods of Damascus, the burdens of forty camels. And when he had stood before him, he said: “Your son, Benhadad, the king of Syria, sent me to you, saying: ‘Will I be able to be healed from this, my infirmity?’ ”2 Kings 8:9
2 Kings 9:25 And Jehu said to Bidkar, his commander: “Take and cast him into the field of Naboth, the Jezreelite. For I remember, when you and I, sitting in a chariot, were following Ahab, this man’s father, that the Lord lifted this burden upon him, saying:2 Kings 9:25
Number of the word / term Burden in 2 Kings: 5
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 2:18 And he appointed seventy thousand of them, who would carry burdens on shoulders, and eighty thousand who would hew stones in the mountains, then three thousand and six hundred as overseers of the work of the people.2 Chronicles 2:18
2 Chronicles 10:4 “Your father pressed upon us a very difficult yoke. You should govern us more lightly than your father, who imposed on us a heavy servitude, and so lift up some of the burden, so that we may serve you.”2 Chronicles 10:4
2 Chronicles 28:15 And the men, whom we mentioned above, rose up and took the captives. All those who were naked, they clothed from the spoils. And when they had clothed them, and had given them shoes, and had refreshed them with food and drink, and had anointed them because of the hardship, and had cared for them, whoever was not able to walk and whoever was feeble in body, they set them upon beasts of burden, and they led them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers, and they themselves returned to Samaria.2 Chronicles 28:15
2 Chronicles 32:28 and also repositories of grain, wine, and oil, and stalls for every beast of burden, and fencing for cattle.2 Chronicles 32:28
2 Chronicles 34:13 Truly, scribes and teachers, from among the Levites who were porters, were over those who were carrying burdens for various uses.2 Chronicles 34:13
Number of the word / term Burden in 2 Chronicles: 5
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 4:17 As for those building the wall, and carrying the burdens, and setting things in place: one of his hands was doing the work, and the other was holding a sword.Nehemiah 4:17
Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors, the ones who had been before me, were a burden to the people, and they took from them bread and wine, and forty shekels of money each day. And their officials also oppressed the people. But I did not do so, out of fear of God.Nehemiah 5:15
Nehemiah 13:15 In those days, I saw, in Judah, some who were treading the presses on the Sabbath, and who were carrying sheaves, and placing on donkeys burdens of wine, and of grapes, and of figs, and all manner of burdens, and who were bringing these into Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath. And I contended with them, so that they would sell on a day when it was permitted to sell.Nehemiah 13:15
Nehemiah 13:19 And it happened that, when the gates of Jerusalem had rested on the day of the Sabbath, I spoke, and they closed the gates. And I instructed that they should not open them until after the Sabbath. And I appointed some of my servants over the gates, so that no one would carry in a burden on the day of the Sabbath.Nehemiah 13:19
Number of the word / term Burden in Nehemiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Job
Job 16:3 Will there be no end to windy words? Or is it at all a burden to you, if you speak?Job 16:3
Number of the word / term Burden in Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 38:4 For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.Psalm 38:4
Psalm 73:23 I have become like a beast of burden to you, and I am always with you.Psalm 73:23
Psalm 78:50 He made way for the path of his anger. He did not spare their souls from death. And he enclosed their beasts of burden in death.Psalm 78:50
Psalm 81:6 He turned the burdens away from his back. His hands had been a slave to baskets.Psalm 81:6
Psalm 107:38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden.Psalm 107:38
Psalm 147:9 He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him.Psalm 147:9
Number of the word / term Burden in Psalm: 6
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 2:21 For when someone labors in wisdom, and doctrine, and prudence, he leaves behind what he has obtained to one who is idle. So this, too, is emptiness and a great burden.Ecclesiastes 2:21
Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is a very great burden among all things that are done under the sun: that the same things happen to everyone. And when the hearts of the sons of men are filled with malice and contempt in their lives, afterwards they shall be dragged down to hell.Ecclesiastes 9:3
Number of the word / term Burden in Ecclesiastes: 2
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 1:4 Woe to a sinful nation, a people burdened by iniquity, a wicked offspring, accursed children. They have abandoned the Lord. They have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel. They been taken away backwards.Isaiah 1:4
Isaiah 9:4 For you have prevailed over the yoke of their burden, and over the rod of their shoulder, and over the scepter of their oppressor, as in the day of Midian.Isaiah 9:4
Isaiah 10:27 And this shall be in that day: his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, and his yoke will be taken away from your neck, and the yoke will decay at the appearance of the oil.Isaiah 10:27
Isaiah 13:1 The burden of Babylon which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.Isaiah 13:1
Isaiah 14:25 so shall it occur. So shall I crush the Assyrian in my land, and I will trample him upon my mountains, and his yoke will be taken away from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulder.Isaiah 14:25
Isaiah 14:28 In the year in which king Ahaz died, this burden was given:Isaiah 14:28
Isaiah 15:1 The burden of Moab. Because Ar of Moab has been destroyed by night, it is utterly silent. Because the wall of Moab has been destroyed by night, it is utterly silent.Isaiah 15:1
Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city, and it will be like a heap of stones in ruin.Isaiah 17:1
Isaiah 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord will ascend upon a lofty cloud, and he will enter into Egypt, and the false images of Egypt will be moved before his face, and the heart of Egypt will waste away in its midst.Isaiah 19:1
Isaiah 21:1 The burden of the desert of the sea. Just as the whirlwinds approach from Africa, it approaches from the desert, from a terrible land.Isaiah 21:1
Isaiah 21:11 The burden of Dumah, cried out to me from Seir: “Watchman, how goes the night? Watchman, how goes the night?”Isaiah 21:11
Isaiah 21:13 The burden in Arabia. In the forest you shall sleep, in the evening on the paths of Dedanim.Isaiah 21:13
Isaiah 22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What does it mean to you, then, that each of you have even climbed to the rooftops?Isaiah 22:1
Isaiah 23:1 The burden of Tyre. Wail, you ships of the sea! For the house, from which they were accustomed to go forth, has been laid waste. From the land of Kittim, this has been revealed to them.Isaiah 23:1
Isaiah 30:6 The burden of the beasts in the south. In a land of tribulation and anguish, from which go forth the lioness and the lion, the viper and the flying king snake, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts of burden, and their valuables upon the humps of camels, to a people who are not able to offer profit to them.Isaiah 30:6
Isaiah 43:23 You have not offered me the ram of your holocaust, and you have not glorified me with your victims. I have not burdened you with oblations, nor have I wearied you with incense.Isaiah 43:23
Isaiah 43:24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, and you have not inebriated me with the fat of your victims. Yet truly, you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.Isaiah 43:24
Isaiah 46:1 Bel has been broken. Nebo has been crushed. Their idols have been placed upon beasts and cattle, your grievous heavy burdens, even unto exhaustion.Isaiah 46:1
Isaiah 47:6 I was angry with my people. I have polluted my inheritance, and I have given them into your hand. You have not shown mercy to them. You have greatly increased the burden of your yoke upon the elders.Isaiah 47:6
Isaiah 58:6 Is not this, instead, the kind of fast that I have chosen? Release the constraints of impiety; relieve the burdens that oppress; freely forgive those who are broken; and break apart every burden.Isaiah 58:6
Number of the word / term Burden in Isaiah: 20
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 17:22 And do not be willing to cast burdens out of your houses on the day of the Sabbath, nor should you do any work. Sanctify the day of the Sabbath, just as I instructed your fathers.Jeremiah 17:22
Jeremiah 17:24 And this shall be: If you listen to me, says the Lord, so that you do not carry in burdens through the gates of this city on the day of the Sabbath, and if you sanctify the day of the Sabbath, so that you do not do work in it,Jeremiah 17:24
Jeremiah 17:27 But if you will not listen to me, to sanctify the day of the Sabbath, and not to carry burdens, and not to bring these things through the gates of Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire at its gates, and it will devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it will not be extinguished.”Jeremiah 17:27
Jeremiah 22:3 Thus says the Lord: Exercise judgment and justice, and free anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. And do not be willing to sadden the new arrival, or the orphan, or the widow, nor should you burden them unfairly. And you shall not shed innocent blood in this place.Jeremiah 22:3
Jeremiah 23:33 Therefore, if this people, or a prophet, or a priest questions you, saying, ‘What is the burden of the Lord?’ you shall say to them, ‘You are the burden. And certainly I will cast you away, says the Lord.’Jeremiah 23:33
Jeremiah 23:34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people who say, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ I will visit upon that man and upon his house.Jeremiah 23:34
Jeremiah 23:36 And the burden of the Lord will be no longer be called to mind. For each one’s own word will be a burden. For you have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts, our God.Jeremiah 23:36
Jeremiah 23:38 But if you say, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ then because of this, thus says the Lord: Since you have spoken this word, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ though I sent to you telling you not to say: ‘The burden of the Lord,’Jeremiah 23:38
Jeremiah 23:39 because of this, behold, I will take you away, like a burden, and I will forsake you, as well as the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, before my face.Jeremiah 23:39
Number of the word / term Burden in Jeremiah: 9
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 3:7 GHIMEL. He has built against me all around, so that I may not depart. He has increased the burden of my confinement.Lamentations 3:7
Number of the word / term Burden in Lamentations: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 12:10 Say to them: Thus says the Lord God: This is the burden concerning my leader who is in Jerusalem, and concerning the entire house of Israel, who are in their midst.Ezekiel 12:10
Number of the word / term Burden in Ezekiel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 8:10 But even when they will have brought the nations together for the sake of money, now I will assemble them. And they will rest for a little while from the burden of the king and the leaders.Hosea 8:10
Number of the word / term Burden in Hosea: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Nahum
Nahum 1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.Nahum 1:1
Number of the word / term Burden in Nahum: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Habakkuk
Habakkuk 1:1 The burden that Habakkuk the prophet saw.Habakkuk 1:1
Habakkuk 1:7 It is dreadful and terrible. From themselves, judgment and their burden will issue.Habakkuk 1:7
Number of the word / term Burden in Habakkuk: 2
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Haggai
Haggai 1:11 And I called a drought over the land, and over the mountains, and over the wheat, and over the wine, and over the oil, and whatever the soil would bring forth, and over men, and over beasts of burden, and over all the labor of hands.Haggai 1:11
Number of the word / term Burden in Haggai: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 2:4 And he said to him: Hurry, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls, because of the multitude of men and beasts of burden in its midst.Zechariah 2:4
Zechariah 8:10 Indeed, before those days, there was no pay for men, nor was there pay for beasts of burden, and neither was there peace for those entering, nor for those exiting, because of the tribulation. And I had dismissed all men, each one against his neighbor.Zechariah 8:10
Zechariah 9:1 The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach and its respite in Damascus. For the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is of the Lord.Zechariah 9:1
Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. The Lord, stretching forth the heavens and founding the earth and forming the spirit of man within him, says:Zechariah 12:1
Zechariah 14:15 And, like the ruin of the horse, and the mule, and the camel, and the donkey, and all the beasts of burden, which will have been in those encampments, so will be this ruination.Zechariah 14:15
Number of the word / term Burden in Zechariah: 5
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Malachi
Malachi 1:1 The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of Malachi.Malachi 1:1
Number of the word / term Burden in Malachi: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.Matthew 11:28
Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is sweet and my burden is light.”Matthew 11:30
Matthew 23:4 For they bind up heavy and unbearable burdens, and they impose them on men’s shoulders. But they are not willing to move them with even a finger of their own.Matthew 23:4
Number of the word / term Burden in Matthew: 3
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Luke
Luke 11:46 So he said: “And woe to you experts in the law! For you weigh men down with burdens which they are not able to bear, but you yourselves do not touch the weight with even one of your fingers.Luke 11:46
Number of the word / term Burden in Luke: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Acts
Acts 15:28 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose no further burden upon you, other than these necessary things:Acts 15:28
Acts 23:24 And prepare beasts of burden to carry Paul, so that they may lead him safely to Felix, the governor.”Acts 23:24
Number of the word / term Burden in Acts: 2
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 2:5 But if anyone has brought sorrow, he has not sorrowed me. Yet, for my part, this is so that I might not burden all of you.2 Corinthians 2:5
2 Corinthians 5:4 Then too, we who are in this tabernacle groan under the burden, because we do not want to be stripped, but rather to be clothed from above, so that what is mortal may be absorbed by life.2 Corinthians 5:4
2 Corinthians 12:13 For what is there that you have had which is less than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this injury.2 Corinthians 12:13
2 Corinthians 12:14 Behold, this is the third time I have prepared to come to you, and yet I will not be a burden to you. For I am seeking not the things that are yours, but you yourselves. And neither should the children store up for the parents, but the parents for the children.2 Corinthians 12:14
2 Corinthians 12:16 And so be it. I have not burdened you, but instead, being astute, I obtained you by guile.2 Corinthians 12:16
Number of the word / term Burden in 2 Corinthians: 5
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 6:2 Carry one another’s burdens, and so shall you fulfill the law of Christ.Galatians 6:2
Galatians 6:5 For each one shall carry his own burden.Galatians 6:5
Number of the word / term Burden in Galatians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 2:7 And although we could have been a burden to you, as Apostles of Christ, instead we became like little ones in your midst, like a nurse cherishing her children.1 Thessalonians 2:7
Number of the word / term Burden in 1 Thessalonians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 5:16 If any among the faithful have widows, let him minister to them and not burden the Church, so that there may be enough for those who are true widows.1 Timothy 5:16
Number of the word / term Burden in 1 Timothy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book 2 Timothy
2 Timothy 3:6 For among these are ones who penetrate houses and lead away, like captives, foolish women burdened with sins, who are led away by means of various desires,2 Timothy 3:6
Number of the word / term Burden in 2 Timothy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 12:1 Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us.Hebrews 12:1
Number of the word / term Burden in Hebrews: 1
Bible passages with ‘Burden’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 18:13 and of cinnamon and black cardamom, and of fragrances and ointments and incense, and of wine and oil and fine flour and wheat, and of beasts of burden and sheep and horses and four-wheeled wagons, and of slaves and the souls of men.Revelation 18:13
Number of the word / term ‘Burden’ in Revelation: 1
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