The word in Scripture

Burden in the Bible

The word burden appears 69 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A burden is a weight to be carried; God invites us to hand it over. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What burden means in the Bible

A burden is a weight to be carried; God invites us to hand it over.

Where the word burden appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word burden appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.”Psalms 38:4

“Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.”Psalms 55:22

“The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.”Isaiah 17:1

“The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”Isaiah 21:11

“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”Matthew 11:30

“Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.”Matthew 20:12

“For every man shall bear his own burden.”Galatians 6:5

“But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.”Revelation 2:24