Best 18 Bible Verses About Burdens

Update on March 22, 2020 by Pastor Jack Wellman

Life can be tough, and the burdens you get handed can be overwhelming. But you don’t need to carry them alone. God is happy to carry your burdens and give you the strength you need. Here are the best 18 Bible verses about burdens to give you strength and encouragement.

One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.

- Exodus 2:11

And he said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

- Luke 11:46

And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!”

- Exodus 5:5

I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

- Exodus 6:7

This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens:

- Numbers 4:24

And Solomon assigned 70,000 men to bear burdens and 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 to oversee them.

- 2 Chronicles 2:2

from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come to do the service of ministry and the service of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,

- Numbers 4:47

In Judah it was said, “The strength of those who bear the burdens is failing. There is too much rubble. By ourselves we will not be able to rebuild the wall.”

- Nehemiah 4:10

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.

- Exodus 1:11

But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing.

- 2 Samuel 13:25

But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens.”

- Exodus 5:4

They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.

- Matthew 23:4

Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and livestock; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.

- Isaiah 46:1

The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

- Nehemiah 5:15

Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.

- Exodus 6:6

who were building on the wall. Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other.

- Nehemiah 4:17

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

- 1 John 5:3

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

- Galatians 6:2

Total Quotes Found: 18

5 Stories From The Bible About Burdens

Here are 5 stories from the Bible about burdens in life.

Come to Jesus

Jesus is waiting for those who are trying unsuccessfully to carry their own burdens, as if they were some sort of human wheel barrow, but Jesus says, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” (Matthew 11:28-29). Simple lesson: His broad shoulders can bear what ours cannot.

Bearing Burdens

I love how Christians rejoice with others when they rejoice, and mourn with those who mourn. Scripture tells us to “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2). A joy shared is doubled; a sorrow shared is halved. Jesus shared our sin-burden. Can we not share one another’s burdens?

Casting Burdens Away

The psalmist’s recommendation is to “Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved” (Psalm 55:22). The word “cast” is just like that of tossing something away from you, like tossing a heavy rock away that you’ve been carrying. That’s what our Lord is waiting for us to do. Are we carrying our burdens or are we casting our burden onto the LORD?

Casting Anxieties Away

It takes humility to see that you can’t make it on your own. It takes a humble heart to acknowledge that you need God, and that squares with Scripture which says, “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:6-7). Once again, we have to be casting all our anxieties on him and stop trying to carry them ourselves.

Praying About Burdens

One man told his pastor, “I just can’t seem to get rid of these burdens on my shoulders.” The pastor asked him, “Have you prayed about it?” He quoted the Apostle Paul: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God” (Philippians 4:6). What you can’t change, pray about it; what you can change, change it!

If you’re carrying a heavy load all by yourself, you’re going to get hurt. You may be able to go it alone for a while, but eventually, you must come to Jesus and unload every burden and care upon Him. He is willing to listen to you right now, so what’s stopping you? Humble yourself before the mighty Hand of God and He will lift you up and lift your burden from off your shoulders. Give it to Him. We know that “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1), so why not cry out to Him today and let Him be that “very present help in trouble?”

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