Deuteronomy 1:12

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But how can I alone bear your troubles, your burdens, and your disputes?

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  • Num 11:11-15 : 11 So Moses said to the LORD, 'Why have You brought trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You lay the burden of all these people on me? 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give birth to them? Why do You tell me to carry them in my arms, like a nurse carries an infant, to the land You promised their ancestors? 13 Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying to me, saying, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ 14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If this is how You are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and do not let me see my misery.
  • Deut 1:9 : 9 At that time I said to you, 'I cannot carry you by myself alone.
  • 1 Kgs 3:7-9 : 7 Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, but I am only a young and inexperienced servant who does not know how to carry out his duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or record. 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between good and evil, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?
  • Ps 89:19 : 19 Indeed, the LORD is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel is our King.
  • 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 To one, we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is adequate for such a task?
  • 2 Cor 3:5 : 5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.
  • Exod 18:13-16 : 13 The next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening. 14 When Moses’ father-in-law saw everything he was doing for the people, he said, 'What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, while all the people stand around you from morning till evening?' 15 Moses answered his father-in-law, 'Because the people come to me to inquire of God.' 16 Whenever they have a dispute, they come to me to seek judgment. I decide between one person and another and make known the statutes of God and His laws.

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  • Deut 1:9-11
    3 verses
    82%

    9 At that time I said to you, 'I cannot carry you by myself alone.

    10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, and now you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

    11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you as He has promised.

  • Deut 1:13-16
    4 verses
    78%

    13 Choose for yourselves wise, discerning, and known men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.

    14 And you answered me and said, 'What you have proposed is good for us to do.'

    15 So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and known men, and appointed them as heads over you—leaders over thousands, hundreds, fifties, tens, and officers for your tribes.

    16 At that time, I commanded your judges, saying, 'Hear the disputes between your brothers and judge fairly between a man and his brother or the foreigner who is residing among them.'

  • Num 11:11-15
    5 verses
    77%

    11 So Moses said to the LORD, 'Why have You brought trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You lay the burden of all these people on me?

    12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give birth to them? Why do You tell me to carry them in my arms, like a nurse carries an infant, to the land You promised their ancestors?

    13 Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying to me, saying, ‘Give us meat to eat!’

    14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.

    15 If this is how You are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and do not let me see my misery.

  • Exod 18:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18 You and these people who come to you will surely wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.

    19 Now listen to me; I will give you advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to Him.

  • Deut 1:31
    72%

    31 And in the wilderness, where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way you went, until you came to this place.

  • 1 Kgs 12:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9 He asked them, "What is your advice? How should we reply to these people who have said to me, 'Lighten the yoke your father has put on us'?"

    10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, "Here is what you should tell these people who have said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy; now lighten it for us': Tell them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.

    11 Now, my father laid a heavy yoke on you, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips; I will discipline you with scorpions.'"

  • Num 11:17
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    17 I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it alone.

  • 2 Chr 10:9-10
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    71%

    9 He asked them, "What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, 'Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?"

    10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, "Tell these people who have said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy; now make it lighter': 'My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.'

  • Exod 18:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22 Let them judge the people at all times. Have them bring every difficult case to you, but have them decide simple cases themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you.

    23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to endure, and all these people will go home satisfied and at peace.

  • Ps 81:6
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    6 He established it as a decree for Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, where I heard a language I did not understand.

  • Mic 6:3
    69%

    3 My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!

  • 1 Kgs 12:4
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    4 They said to him, "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he placed on us, and we will serve you."

  • 1 Sam 12:7-8
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    69%

    7 Now then, stand here, that I may confront you before the LORD regarding all His righteous acts that He has done for you and your ancestors.

    8 When Jacob went into Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the LORD, and He sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

  • Num 14:27
    68%

    27 How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites, who are murmuring against me.

  • Deut 29:11
    68%

    11 You are entering into the covenant of the LORD your God and His oath, which the LORD your God is making with you today.

  • Deut 1:42
    68%

    42 But the LORD said to me, 'Tell them, "Do not go up or fight, because I am not with you; you will be defeated by your enemies."'

  • 2 Chr 10:4
    68%

    4 "Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke your father placed on us, and we will serve you."

  • Amos 2:13
    68%

    13 Behold, I am about to press you down as a cart full of sheaves presses down.

  • Nah 1:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12 This is what the Lord says: 'Although they have allies and are numerous, they will be destroyed and pass away. Although I have afflicted you, Judah, I will afflict you no more.'

    13 Now I will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away.

  • Deut 1:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22 Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us to explore the land and bring back a report about the route we should take and the cities we will come to.'

    23 The idea seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one man for each tribe.

  • 2 Sam 15:33
    68%

    33 David said to him, 'If you come with me, you will be a burden to me.'

  • 2 Sam 15:20
    68%

    20 ‘You only came yesterday, so why should I make you wander with us today? I must go wherever I can. Return and take your brothers with you. May kindness and faithfulness be with you.’

  • 1 Kgs 3:8
    68%

    8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or record.

  • Isa 1:24
    68%

    24 Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "I will gain relief from My adversaries and avenge Myself on My enemies.

  • Gen 30:30
    68%

    30 For you had little before I came, but now it has increased greatly. The LORD has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when can I provide for my own household?

  • 2 Chr 28:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10 And now you intend to enslave the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the LORD your God?

    11 Now listen to me! Send back your captives whom you have taken from your relatives, for the LORD’s fierce anger is against you.

  • Hos 13:10
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    10 Where now is your king to save you in all your cities? And where are your rulers, about whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes'?

  • Judg 10:12
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    12 'And when the Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to Me, I rescued you from their hands.'

  • Num 22:6
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    6 Now, please come and curse this people for me, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.

  • Judg 6:16
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    16 The Lord said to him, 'I will be with you, and you will strike down Midian as if it were one man.'

  • Judg 8:2
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    2 But Gideon replied to them, 'What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren’t the gleanings of Ephraim’s harvest better than the full harvest of Abiezer?'

  • Deut 1:29
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    29 Then I said to you, 'Do not be terrified or afraid of them.'