Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'burden' occurs 78 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'burden' in the standard works and contain 20.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 23:33-38 (8 in 6 verses)

Num. 4:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 22:25-23:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 46:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 62 22 84
Gen. 0 1 1
Ex. 2 6 8
Num. 8 3 11
Deut. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 1 4 5
Neh. 1 3 4
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 3 0 3
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 18 1 19
Jer. 12 0 12
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 0 1 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 1 4
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 7 10 17
BM 8 13 21
DC 1 1 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 78 46 124

Neh. 4:10
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.

Neh. 4:17
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.

Neh. 13:15
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.

Neh. 13:19
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.