Verse 4

Thy father made or yocke greuous: make thou lighter now ye harde bondage of thy father, and ye heuy yocke that he layed vpon vs, and we wyll submytte oure selues vnto the.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 1:13-14 : 13 and the Egipcians compelled the children of Israel without mercy to do seruyce, 14 and made their lyues bytter vnto them with greuous laboure in claye and brycke, and with allmaner of bondage in ye felde, and with allmaner of laboure, which they layed vpon them without mercy.
  • Exod 2:23 : 23 And she bare him yet a sonne, whom he called Elieser, and sayde: The God of my father is my helper, and hath delyuered me from Pharaos hade.But after this in processe of tyme, the kynge of Egipte dyed. And the childre of Israel sighed ouer their laboure, and cried.
  • 1 Sam 8:11-18 : 11 This shal be the lawe of the kynge yt shal raigne ouer you: Yor sonnes shall he take for his charettes, and for horsmen to runne before his charettes, 12 and to be rulers & captaynes, to be plowemen to tyll his londe and to be reapers in his haruest, and to make his harnesse, and soch thinges as belonge to his charettes. 13 As for yor doughters, he shall take the, to be Apotecaries, cokes and bakers 14 Youre best londe and vynyardes, and oyle gardens shall he take, and geue vnto his seruauntes: 15 Of youre sedes also and viniardes shal he take the Tithes, & geue vnto his chaberlaynes and seruauntes. 16 And youre seruautes and youre maydes, and youre best yonge men, and youre asses shal he take, and do his busynes withall. 17 Of youre flockes shal he take the Tithes, and ye shal be his seruautes. 18 Whan ye shal crye then at the same tyme ouer youre kynge, whom ye haue chosen you, the LORDE shall not heare you at the same tyme.
  • 1 Kgs 4:20 : 20 As for Iuda and Israel, they were in nombre as the sonde of the see, and ate and dronke, and were mery.
  • 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 so that Iuda and Israel dwelt safe, euery one vnder his vyne, and vnder his figge tre, from Dan vnto Berseba, as longe as Salomon lyued.
  • 1 Kgs 5:15 : 15 And Salomon had thre score thousande & ten that bare burthens, & foure score thousande that hewed tymber vpon the mount,
  • 1 Kgs 9:22 : 22 But of the children of Israel he made no bondmen, but let them be men of warre, and his seruauntes, and prynces, and knightes, and ouer his charettes and horsme.
  • 1 Kgs 12:4 : 4 Thy father made oure yock to harde: therfore make thou now the harde bondage and the sore yock lighter, and we wyll submytte oure selues vnto the.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was so wroth with my people, yt I punyshed myne enheritaunce, and gaue them in to thy power. Neuertheles, thou shewdest them no mercy, but euen the very aged men of the, didest thou oppresse right sore with thy yock,
  • Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yock vpon you, and lerne of me, for I am meke and lowlye of hert, & ye shal fynde rest vnto youre soules: 30 for my yock is easy, and my burden is light.
  • Matt 23:4 : 4 for they saye & do not. For they bynde heuy and intollerable burthens, and laye them vpon mens shulders: But they them selues wil not heaue at them with one of their fyngers.
  • 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the loue of God, that we kepe his commaundementes, and his commaundemetes are not greuous.