Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Yoke’ 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 ‘Yoke’ occurs 49 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 ‘Yoke’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 27:40 will your blessing be. You will live by the sword, and you will serve your brother. But the time will arrive when you will shake off and release his yoke from your neck.”Genesis 27:40
Number of the word / term Yoke in Genesis: 1
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 19:2 “This is the ritual that the Lord has appointed for a victim. Instruct the sons of Israel, so that they may bring to you a red cow of full maturity, in which there is no blemish, and which has not carried a yoke.Numbers 19:2
Numbers 21:30 Their yoke has been scattered from Heshbon even to Dibon. They have passed through, wearily, into Nophah, and as far as Medeba.”Numbers 21:30
Number of the word / term Yoke in Numbers: 2
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 21:3 And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others, the elders shall take a calf from the herd, one which has not pulled with a yoke, nor tilled with a plow.Deuteronomy 21:3
Deuteronomy 28:48 You will serve your enemy, whom the Lord will send to you, in hunger and thirst and nakedness, and in destitution of all things. And he will place an iron yoke upon your neck, until he has crushed you.Deuteronomy 28:48
Number of the word / term Yoke in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 6:7 Now therefore, fashion and take a new cart, with two cows that have given birth, but on which no yoke has been imposed. And yoke them to the cart, but retain their calves at home.1 Samuel 6:7
1 Samuel 14:14 And the first slaughter was made when Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty of the men, in the midst of an area of land that a yoke of oxen would usually plow in a day.1 Samuel 14:14
Number of the word / term Yoke in 1 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 12:4 “Your father imposed a very harsh yoke upon us. And so, you should now take away a little from the very harsh rule of your father and from his very grievous yoke, which he imposed upon us, and we will serve you.”1 Kings 12:4
1 Kings 12:9 And he said to them: “What counsel do you give to me, so that I may respond to this people, who have said to me: ‘Make light the yoke that your father imposed on us?’ ”1 Kings 12:9
1 Kings 12:10 And the young men who had been raised with him, said: “You shall speak in this way to this people, who have spoken to you, saying: ‘Your father weighed down our yoke. You should relieve us.’ You shall say this to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.1 Kings 12:10
1 Kings 12:11 And now, my father placed a heavy yoke upon you, but I will add more upon your yoke. My father cut you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.’ ”1 Kings 12:11
1 Kings 12:14 And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: “My father weighed down your yoke, but I will add more to your yoke. My father cut you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.”1 Kings 12:14
1 Kings 19:19 Therefore, Elijah, setting out from there, found Elisha, the son of Shaphat, plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. And he himself was one of those who were plowing with the twelve yoke of oxen. And when Elijah had gone to him, he cast his mantle over him.1 Kings 19:19
Number of the word / term Yoke in 1 Kings: 6
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book 2 Chronicles
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 10:9 And he said to them: “How does it seem to you? Or how should I respond to this people, who have said to me, ‘Lift up the yoke that your father imposed upon us?’ ”2 Chronicles 10:9
2 Chronicles 10:10 But they responded like youths, having been raised with him in luxury, and they said: “So shall you speak to the people, who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy; you should lighten it,’ and so shall you respond to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.2 Chronicles 10:10
2 Chronicles 10:11 My father imposed a heavy yoke upon you, and I will place more weight upon it. My father cut you with whips; truly, I will beat you with scorpions.’ ”2 Chronicles 10:11
2 Chronicles 10:14 And he spoke according to the will of the youths: “My father imposed a heavy yoke upon you, which I will make heavier. My father cut you with whips; truly, I will beat you with scorpions.”2 Chronicles 10:14
Number of the word / term Yoke in 2 Chronicles: 5
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 2:3 “Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”Psalm 2:3
Number of the word / term Yoke in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book Isaiah
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 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 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
Number of the word / term Yoke in Isaiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 2:20 From ancient times, you have broken my yoke; you have torn apart my bonds, and you have said, ‘I will not serve.’ For on every high hill, and under every leafy tree, you have been debased, O harlot.Jeremiah 2:20
Jeremiah 5:5 Therefore, I will go to great men, and I will speak with them. For they have known the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God. And behold, these ones have broken the yoke all the more; they have torn apart the bonds.Jeremiah 5:5
Jeremiah 27:8 But the nation or kingdom that will not serve Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and whoever will not bend his neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will visit upon that nation with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, says the Lord, until I consume them by his hand.Jeremiah 27:8
Jeremiah 27:11 Furthermore, the nation which will bend its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and which will serve him, I will permit them to remain in their own land, says the Lord. And they will cultivate it, and they will live in it.”Jeremiah 27:11
Jeremiah 27:12 And I spoke to Zedekiah, the king of Judah, according to all these words, saying: “Subject your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and you will live.Jeremiah 27:12
Jeremiah 28:2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.Jeremiah 28:2
Jeremiah 28:4 And I will return to this place: Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and all those taken captive from Judah, who were brought into Babylon, says the Lord. For I will crush the yoke of the king of Babylon.”Jeremiah 28:4
Jeremiah 28:11 And Hananiah spoke in the sight of all the people, saying: “Thus says the Lord: So shall I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, after two years of days, from the neck of all the people.”Jeremiah 28:11
Jeremiah 28:14 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have placed a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, so that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. And they shall serve him. Moreover, I have given to him even the beasts of the earth.”Jeremiah 28:14
Jeremiah 30:8 And this shall be in that day, says the Lord of hosts: I will crush his yoke from your neck, and I will break open his bands. And strangers will no longer rule over him.Jeremiah 30:8
Jeremiah 51:23 And with you, I will strike together the pastor and his flock; and with you, I will strike together the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you, I will strike together military leaders and civil leaders.Jeremiah 51:23
Number of the word / term Yoke in Jeremiah: 11
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 1:14 NUN. Vigilant is the yoke of my iniquities. They have been folded together in his hand and imposed on my neck. My virtue has been weakened. The Lord has given me into a hand, out of which I am not able to rise.Lamentations 1:14
Lamentations 3:27 TETH. It is good for a man, when he has carried the yoke from his youth.Lamentations 3:27
Number of the word / term Yoke in Lamentations: 2
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 34:27 And the tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the land will yield its crop. And they will be in their own land without fear. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have crushed the chains of their yoke, and when I will have rescued them from the hand of those who rule over them.Ezekiel 34:27
Number of the word / term Yoke in Ezekiel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 7:16 They returned so that they might be without a yoke. They have become like a deceitful bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of the madness of their words. This is their derision in the land of Egypt.Hosea 7:16
Hosea 11:4 I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love. And I will be to them like one who raises the yoke over their jaws. And I will reach down to him so that he may eat.Hosea 11:4
Hosea 11:7 And my people will long for my return. But a yoke will be imposed on them together, which will not be taken away.Hosea 11:7
Number of the word / term Yoke in Hosea: 3
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.Matthew 11:29
Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is sweet and my burden is light.”Matthew 11:30
Matthew 21:5 “Tell the daughter of Zion: Behold, your king comes to you meekly, sitting on a donkey and on a colt, the son of one accustomed to the yoke.”Matthew 21:5
Number of the word / term Yoke in Matthew: 3
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book Luke
Luke 14:19 And another said: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.’Luke 14:19
Number of the word / term Yoke in Luke: 1
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book Acts
Acts 15:10 Now therefore, why do you tempt God to impose a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?Acts 15:10
Number of the word / term Yoke in Acts: 1
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not choose to bear the yoke with unbelievers. For how can justice be a participant with iniquity? Or how can the fellowship of light be a participant with darkness?2 Corinthians 6:14
Number of the word / term Yoke in 2 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 5:1 Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.Galatians 5:1
Number of the word / term Yoke in Galatians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 6:1 Whoever are servants under the yoke, let them consider their masters to be worthy of every honor, lest the name and doctrine of the Lord be blasphemed.1 Timothy 6:1
Number of the word / term Yoke in 1 Timothy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Yoke’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 2:16 Yet truly, he had a correction of his madness: the mute animal under the yoke, which, by speaking with a human voice, forbid the folly of the prophet.2 Peter 2:16
Number of the word / term ‘Yoke’ in 2 Peter: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 49
