Genesis 49:15

New International Version

When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.

Cross References

Genesis 49:14

“Issachar is a rawboned donkey lying down among the sheep pens.

Genesis 49:16

“Dan will provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

2 Samuel 7:1

After the king was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

Psalm 81:6

“I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.

Proverbs 12:24

Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

Isaiah 31:8

“Assyria will fall by no human sword; a sword, not of mortals, will devour them. They will flee before the sword and their young men will be put to forced labor.

Ezekiel 29:18

“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon drove his army in a hard campaign against Tyre; every head was rubbed bare and every shoulder made raw. Yet he and his army got no reward from the campaign he led against Tyre.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

Joshua 14:15

(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba after Arba, who was the greatest man among the Anakites.) Then the land had rest from war.

Judges 3:11

So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.