Genesis 49:15

The Passion Translation

When he sees that his resting place is good, and his portion is so pleasant, then he will bend his shoulder to the burden and labor for his master.

Cross References

Matthew 23:4

They tie on your backs an oppressive burden of religious obligations and insist that you carry them, but will never lift a finger to help ease your load.

Ezekiel 29:18

“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken his army and launched an attack against Tyre and inflicted a heavy toll upon his soldiers. Their helmets have rubbed their heads bare, and their heavy loads made their shoulders raw and chafed, yet neither Nebuchadnezzar nor his army gained any reward from the campaign he led against Tyre.

Psalm 81:6

“I have removed your backbreaking burdens and have freed your hands from the hard labor and toil.

Judges 3:11

and after the land had peace for forty years, Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Joshua 14:15

(Hebron used to be called the City of Arba, after Arba, the most famous of all the Anakim.) Then the land was free of war.

Genesis 49:14

“Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between its saddlebags.

Genesis 49:16

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

Proverbs 12:24

If you want to reign in life, don’t sit on your hands. Instead, work hard at doing what’s right, for the slacker will end up working to make someone else succeed.

Isaiah 31:8

Assyria will fall by the sword but not the sword of man. It will not be man’s sword that will slaughter them, but God’s! They will run from battle, and their young men will be made slaves.