Psalm 38:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

My guilt is like a heavy burden. I am sinking beneath its weight.

Cross References

Psalm 40:12

Troubles have surrounded me. They are too many to count! My sins have caught me, and I cannot escape them. They are more than the hairs on my head. I have lost my courage.

Ezra 9:6

Then I prayed this prayer: “My God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to look at you. I am ashamed because our sins are higher than our heads. Our guilt has reached all the way up to the heavens.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me all of you who are tired from the heavy burden you have been forced to carry. I will give you rest.

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you were healed.

Lamentations 1:14

“My sins were tied up like a yoke. My sins were tied up in the Lord’s hands. His yoke is on my neck. He has made me weak. He has given me to those who I cannot stand up against.

Isaiah 53:11

After his suffering he will see the light, and he will be satisfied with what he experienced. The Lord says, “My servant, who always does what is right, will make his people right with me; he will take away their sins.

Leviticus 7:18

If anyone eats the meat from the fellowship offering on the third day, the Lord will not accept it as a sacrifice. It will have no value for that person, and to the Lord it will be like rotten meat! Whoever eats it will be responsible for their sin.

Job 33:19

“Or those who are sick in bed might be suffering punishment from God. The pain that makes their bones ache might be a warning from him.

Psalm 107:17

Some people became fools and turned against God, and they suffered for the evil they did.