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The concept of heaviness is often associated with trials, responsibilities, and the weight of sin or sorrow. The Bible uses the term to describe various situations and emotions, reflecting the multifaceted nature of human experience.<br><br><b>Physical Weight and Burdens</b><br><br>The Bible frequently uses the imagery of physical weight to convey the idea of burdens. In <a href="/exodus/18-18.htm">Exodus 18:18</a>, Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, advises him, "You will surely wear out—both you and these people who are with you—for the task is too heavy for you. You cannot do it alone." Here, the "heavy" task refers to the overwhelming responsibility Moses faced in leading the Israelites, suggesting that some burdens are too great to bear without assistance.<br><br><b>Heaviness of Heart and Spirit</b><br><br>Heaviness is also used to describe emotional and spiritual states. In <a href="/proverbs/12-25.htm">Proverbs 12:25</a>, it is written, "Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up." This verse highlights how emotional burdens can feel heavy, affecting one's spirit and outlook on life. The Bible encourages believers to support one another with kindness and encouragement to alleviate such heaviness.<br><br><b>The Weight of Sin</b><br><br>The concept of sin is often depicted as a heavy burden. In <a href="/psalms/38-4.htm">Psalm 38:4</a>, David laments, "For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear." This verse illustrates the oppressive nature of sin and the guilt that accompanies it. The Bible teaches that only through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ can one be relieved of this burden, as seen in <a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>, where Jesus invites, "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."<br><br><b>Heaviness in Prophecy and Judgment</b><br><br>The prophets often spoke of heavy judgments as a consequence of disobedience to God. In <a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20</a>, the earth is described as staggering "like a drunkard and swaying like a hut. Its transgression weighs heavily upon it, and it will fall, never to rise again." This imagery conveys the severity of divine judgment and the inescapable weight of sin when nations turn away from God.<br><br><b>Heaviness and Glory</b><br><br>Interestingly, the Hebrew word for "glory," <b>kavod</i>, also carries the connotation of weight or heaviness. This dual meaning suggests that God's glory is substantial and significant, commanding reverence and awe. In <a href="/2_corinthians/4-17.htm">2 Corinthians 4:17</a>, Paul writes, "For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond comparison." Here, the "weight of glory" contrasts with earthly trials, emphasizing the eternal significance and splendor of God's presence and promises.<br><br>In summary, the concept of "heavy" in the Bible encompasses a range of meanings, from physical burdens to emotional and spiritual weights, as well as the profound glory of God. Each usage underscores the importance of relying on God's strength and grace to navigate the challenges and responsibilities of life.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>a.</I>) Having the heaves.<p>2. (<I>superl.</I>) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.<p>3. (<I>superl.</I>) Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.<p>4. (<I>superl.</I>) Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.<p>5. (<I>superl.</I>) Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.<p>6. (<I>superl.</I>) Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.<p>7. (<I>superl.</I>) Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.<p>8. (<I>superl.</I>) Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.<p>9. (<I>superl.</I>) Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.<p>10. (<I>superl.</I>) Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.<p>11. (<I>superl.</I>) Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.<p>12. (<I>superl.</I>) Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.<p>13. (<I>superl.</I>) With child; pregnant.<p>14. (<I>adv.</I>) Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.<p>15. (<I>v. t.</I>) To make heavy.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">HEAVY; HEAVINESS</span><p>hev'-i, hev'-i-nes (kabhedh, de'aghah; lupe):<br><br>1. Literal:<br><br>Heavy (heave, to lift) is used literally with respect to material things, as the translation of kobhedh, "heaviness" (<a href="/proverbs/27-3.htm">Proverbs 27:3</a>, "a stone is heavy"); of kabhedh, "to be weighty" (<a href="/1_samuel/4-18.htm">1 Samuel 4:18</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-26.htm">2 Samuel 14:26</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-7.htm">Lamentations 3:7</a>); of `amac, "to load" (<a href="/isaiah/46-1.htm">Isaiah 46:1</a> the King James Version; compare <a href="/matthew/26-43.htm">Matthew 26:43</a> <a href="/mark/14-40.htm">Mark 14:40</a> <a href="/luke/9-32.htm">Luke 9:32</a>, "Their eyes were heavy"); bareomai, "to be weighed down."<br><br>2. Figuratively:<br><br>It is used<br><br>(1) for what is hard to bear, oppressive, kabhedh (<a href="/exodus/18-18.htm">Exodus 18:18</a> <a href="/numbers/11-14.htm">Numbers 11:14</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-6.htm">1 Samuel 5:6, 11</a> <a href="/psalms/38-4.htm">Psalm 38:4</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20</a>); motah, a "yoke" (<a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "bands of the yoke"); qasheh, "sharp," "hard" (<a href="/1_kings/14-6.htm">1 Kings 14:6</a>, "heavy tidings"); barus, "heavy" (<a href="/matthew/23-4.htm">Matthew 23:4</a>);<br><br>(2) for sad, sorrowful (weighed down), mar, "bitter" (<a href="/proverbs/31-6.htm">Proverbs 31:6</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "bitter"); ra`, "evil" (<a href="/proverbs/25-20.htm">Proverbs 25:20</a>); ademoneo, literally, "to be sated," "wearied," then, "to be very heavy," "dejected" (<a href="/matthew/26-37.htm">Matthew 26:37</a>, of our Lord in Gethsemane, "(he) began to be sorrowful and very heavy," the Revised Version (British and American) "sore troubled"); "ademonein denotes a kind of stupefaction and bewilderment, the intellectual powers reeling and staggering under the pressure of the ideas presented to them" (Mason, The Conditions of our Lord's Life on Earth); compare <a href="/mark/14-33.htm">Mark 14:33</a>;<br><br>(3) morose, sulky, as well as sad, car, "sullen," "sour," "angry" (<a href="/1_kings/20-43.htm">1 Kings 20:43</a>; <a href="/1_kings/21-4.htm">1 Kings 21:4</a>, "heavy and displeased");<br><br>(4) dull, kabhedh (<a href="/isaiah/6-10.htm">Isaiah 6:10</a>, "make their ears heavy"; <a href="/isaiah/59-1.htm">Isaiah 59:1</a>, "neither (is) his ear heavy");<br><br>(5) "tired" seems to be the meaning in <a href="/exodus/17-12.htm">Exodus 17:12</a>, "Moses' hands were heavy" (kabhedh); compare <a href="/matthew/26-43.htm">Matthew 26:43</a> and parallels above.<br><br>Heavily is the translation of kebhedhuth, "heaviness" (<a href="/exodus/14-25.htm">Exodus 14:25</a>), meaning "with difficulty"; of qadhar, "to be black," "to be a mourner" (<a href="/psalms/35-14.htm">Psalm 35:14</a> the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "I bowed down mourning"); of kabhedh (<a href="/isaiah/47-6.htm">Isaiah 47:6</a>).<br><br>Heaviness has always the sense of anxiety, sorrow, grief, etc.; de'aghah, "fear," "dread," "anxious care" (<a href="/proverbs/12-25.htm">Proverbs 12:25</a>, "Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop," the Revised Version margin "or care"); kehah, "to be feeble," "weak" (<a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Isaiah 61:3</a>, "the spirit of heaviness"); panim, "face," "aspect" (<a href="/job/9-27.htm">Job 9:27</a> the King James Version, "I will leave off my heaviness," the Revised Version (British and American) "(sad) countenance"; compare 2 Esdras 5:16; The Wisdom of Solomon 17:4; Ecclesiasticus 25:23); ta'aniyah, from 'anah, "to groan," "to sigh" (<a href="/isaiah/29-2.htm">Isaiah 29:2</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "mourning and lamentation"); tughah, "sadness," "sorrow" (<a href="/psalms/119-28.htm">Psalm 119:28</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-1.htm">Proverbs 10:1</a>; <a href="/proverbs/14-13.htm">Proverbs 14:13</a>); ta`anith, "affliction of one's self," "fasting" (<a href="/ezra/9-5.htm">Ezra 9:5</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "humiliation," margin "fasting"); katepheia, "dejection," "sorrow" (literally, "of the eyes") (<a href="/james/4-9.htm">James 4:9</a>, "your joy (turned) to heaviness"); lupe, "grief" (<a href="/romans/9-2.htm">Romans 9:2</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "great sorrow"; <a href="/2_corinthians/2-1.htm">2 Corinthians 2:1</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "sorrow"); lupeomai (<a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">1 Peter 1:6</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "put to grief"); for nush, "to be sick," "feeble" (<a href="/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20</a>, the Revised Version margin "sore sick"), and ademoneo (<a href="/philippians/2-26.htm">Philippians 2:26</a> the Revised Version (British and American) "sore troubled"), the King James Version has "full of heaviness." "Heaviness," in the sense of sorrow, sadness, occurs in 2 Esdras 10:7, 8, 24; Tobit 2:5; lupe (Ecclesiasticus 22:4, the Revised Version (British and American) "grief"; 30:21, "Give not thy soul to heaviness," the Revised Version (British and American) "sorrow"; 1 Maccabees 6:4); lupeo (Ecclesiasticus 30:9, the Revised Version (British and American) "will grieve thee"; penthos (1 Maccabees 3:51, etc.).<br><br>The Revised Version has "heavier work" for "more work" (<a href="/exodus/5-9.htm">Exodus 5:9</a>); "heavy upon men" for "common among men" (<a href="/ecclesiastes/6-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:1</a>); for "were heavy loaden" (<a href="/isaiah/46-1.htm">Isaiah 46:1</a>), "are made a load"; for "the burden thereof is heavy" (<a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Isaiah 30:27</a>), "in thick rising smoke."<br><br>W. L. Walker<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/926.htm"><span class="l">926. barus -- <b>heavy</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>heavy</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: barus Phonetic Spelling:<br> (bar-ooce') Short Definition: <b>heavy</b>, weighty, burdensome Definition: <b>heavy</b>, weighty <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/926.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2218.htm"><span class="l">2218. zugos -- a yoke</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a yoke. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: zugos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (dzoo-gos') Short Definition: a yoke, <b>heavy</b> burden, pair of scales Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2218.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/916.htm"><span class="l">916. bareo -- to weigh down</span></a> <br><b>...</b> See 922 (). Word Origin from barus Definition to weigh down NASB Word Usage burdened<br> (3), <b>heavy</b> (1), overcome (1), weighted down (1). to burden, weigh down. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/916.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1912.htm"><span class="l">1912. epibareo -- to put a burden on</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1912 (from 1909 , ", fitting" intensifying 916 , "become <b>heavy</b>, burdensome") --<br> properly, to burden upon, bringing inevitable (expected) side-effects that go <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1912.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5412.htm"><span class="l">5412. phortizo -- to load</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 5413 (). Word Origin from the same as phortion Definition to load NASB Word<br> Usage <b>heavy</b>-laden (1), weigh...down (1). to load, burden. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5412.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1028.htm"><span class="l">1028. broche -- a wetting</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a wetting. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: broche Phonetic Spelling:<br> (brokh-ay') Short Definition: a <b>heavy</b> rain Definition: a <b>heavy</b> rain. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1028.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2599b.htm"><span class="l">2599b. katabaruno -- to weigh down</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to weigh down. Transliteration: katabaruno Short Definition: <b>heavy</b>. Word Origin<br> a prol. form of katabareo Definition to weigh down NASB Word Usage <b>heavy</b> (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2599b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p><a href="/greek/3684.htm"><span class="l">3684. onikos -- of or for a donkey</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to an ass. Word Origin from onos Definition of or for a donkey NASB Word<br> Usage <b>heavy</b> (2). of or for a donkey. From onos; belonging <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3684.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2233.htm"><span class="l">2233. hegeomai -- to lead, suppose</span></a> <br><b>...</b> [2233 ("an official who ") carries important responsibility and hence "casts a <b>heavy</b><br> vote" (influence) -- and hence deserve cooperation by those who are led <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2233.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><p><a href="/greek/3863.htm"><span class="l">3863. parazeloo -- to provoke to jealousy</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 3863 (from 3844 , " close beside" and 2206 , " with desire") -- properly, to apply<br> <b>heavy</b> ("hot") pressure to provoke change, especially in an "up-close-and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3863.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3513.htm"><span class="l">3513. kabad -- to be <b>heavy</b>, weighty, or burdensome</span></a><br><b>...</b> kabad or kabed. 3514 . to be <b>heavy</b>, weighty, or burdensome. Transliteration: kabad<br> or kabed Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-bad') Short Definition: honored. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3513.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3515.htm"><span class="l">3515. kabed -- <b>heavy</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 3514, 3515. kabed. 3516 . <b>heavy</b>. Transliteration: kabed Phonetic Spelling:<br> (kaw-bade') Short Definition: <b>heavy</b>. Word Origin from <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3515.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5445.htm"><span class="l">5445. sabal -- to bear (a <b>heavy</b> load)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5444, 5445. sabal. 5446 . to bear (a <b>heavy</b> load). Transliteration: sabal Phonetic<br> Spelling: (saw-bal') Short Definition: bear. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5445.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5671.htm"><span class="l">5671. abtit -- weight of pledges, <b>heavy</b> debts</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5670, 5671. abtit. 5672 . weight of pledges, <b>heavy</b> debts. Transliteration:<br> abtit Phonetic Spelling: (ab-teet') Short Definition: loans. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5671.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7290a.htm"><span class="l">7290a. radam -- to be in or fall into <b>heavy</b> sleep</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7290, 7290a. radam. 7290b . to be in or fall into <b>heavy</b> sleep.<br> Transliteration: radam Short Definition: sleep. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7290a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6205.htm"><span class="l">6205. araphel -- cloud, <b>heavy</b> cloud</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6204, 6205. araphel. 6206 . cloud, <b>heavy</b> cloud. Transliteration: araphel<br> Phonetic Spelling: (ar-aw-fel') Short Definition: darkness. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6205.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7290.htm"><span class="l">7290. radam -- to be in or fall into <b>heavy</b> sleep</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7289, 7290. radam. 7290a . to be in or fall into <b>heavy</b> sleep. Transliteration:<br> radam Phonetic Spelling: (raw-dam') Short Definition: asleep. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7290.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4614.htm"><span class="l">4614. maamasah -- a load, burden</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4613, 4614. maamasah. 4615 . a load, burden. Transliteration: maamasah<br> Phonetic Spelling: (mah-am-aw-saw') Short Definition: <b>heavy</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4614.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6006.htm"><span class="l">6006. amas -- to load, carry a load</span></a><br><b>...</b> be borne, <b>heavy</b> burden self, lade, load, put. Or mamas {aw-mas'}; a primitive<br> root; to load, ie Impose a burden (or figuratively, infliction <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6006.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7186.htm"><span class="l">7186. qasheh -- hard, severe</span></a><br><b>...</b> stubbornness* (1). churlish, cruel, grievous, hardhearted, thing, <b>heavy</b>, impudent,<br> obstinate,. From qashah; severe (in various applications <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7186.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_from_the_morningland/burdened_with_a_heavy_load.htm"><span class="l">Burdened with a <b>Heavy</b> Load,</span></a> <br><b>...</b> PENITENCE AND LOVE Burdened with a <b>heavy</b> load,. tr., John Brownlie 7,8,7,8. I. Burdened<br> with a <b>heavy</b> load,. Lord, we come, for Thou art calling; <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brownlie/hymns from the morningland/burdened with a heavy load.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_from_the_east/heavy_laden_with_thy_grief.htm"><span class="l"><b>Heavy</b> Laden with Thy Grief,</span></a> <br><b>...</b> EASTER <b>Heavy</b> laden with thy grief,. 7,7,7,3 tr., John Brownlie. I. <b>Heavy</b><br> laden with thy grief,. Do thy tears like raindrops flow? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brownlie/hymns from the east/heavy laden with thy grief.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_of_the_russian_church/x_heavy_laden_with_thy.htm"><span class="l"><b>Heavy</b> Laden with Thy Grief,</span></a> <br><b>...</b> PASSIONTIDE X <b>Heavy</b> laden with thy grief,. 7,7,7,3. <b>Heavy</b> laden with thy grief,.<br> Do thy tears like raindrops flow? Christ hath all thy sorrows borne,. Long ago. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brownlie/hymns of the russian church/x heavy laden with thy.htm</font><p><a href="/library/winkworth/lyra_germanica_second_series_the_christian_life/songs_of_the_cross_under.htm"><span class="l">Songs of the Cross under a <b>Heavy</b> Private Cross or Bereavement.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Songs of the Cross Under a <b>Heavy</b> Private Cross or Bereavement. IV. Under<br> a <b>Heavy</b> Private Cross or Bereavement. 8,6,8,6,8,8,6. Ach <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lyra germanica second series the christian life/songs of the cross under.htm</font><p><a href="/library/watts/the_psalms_of_david/psalm_143_complaint_of_heavy.htm"><span class="l">Psalm 143. Complaint of <b>Heavy</b> Afflictions in Mind and Body.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 143. Complaint of <b>heavy</b> afflictions<br> in mind and body. 1 My righteous Judge, my gracious God <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../watts/the psalms of david/psalm 143 complaint of heavy.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/of_the_work_of_monks_/section_37_we_are_not.htm"><span class="l">We are not Binding <b>Heavy</b> Burdens and Laying them Upon Your <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Section 37. We are not binding <b>heavy</b> burdens and laying them upon your<br> shoulders? 37. We are not binding <b>heavy</b> burdens and laying <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/of the work of monks /section 37 we are not.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wesley/the_journal_of_john_wesley/twelve_and_a_half_miles.htm"><span class="l">Twelve and a Half Miles in <b>Heavy</b> Rain</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter 19. An Ideal Circuit; Wesley in his Eighties; Wesley Visits Holland;<br> Incidents in Scotland Twelve and a Half Miles in <b>Heavy</b> Rain. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/twelve and a half miles.htm</font><p><a href="/library/watts/the_psalms_and_hymns_of_isaac_watts/psalm_143_complaint_of_heavy.htm"><span class="l">Psalm 143 Complaint of <b>Heavy</b> Afflictions in Mind and Body.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 143 Complaint of <b>heavy</b> afflictions in mind and<br> body. LM Complaint of <b>heavy</b> afflictions in mind and body. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 143 complaint of heavy.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/moodys_anecdotes_and_illustrations/a_heavy_draw_on_alexander.htm"><span class="l">A <b>Heavy</b> Draw on Alexander the Great.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> A <b>Heavy</b> Draw on Alexander the Great. There is a story told of Alexander<br> the Great. A general in his army was a great favorite with <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/a heavy draw on alexander.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_xx_again_on_the.htm"><span class="l">Again on the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xi. 28, "Come unto Me, all <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Sermon XX. Again on the words of the Gospel, Matt. xi. 28, "Come unto me, all ye<br> that labour and are <b>heavy</b> laden, and I will give you rest," etc. [LXX. Ben.] <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xx again on the.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/h/heavy.htm"><span class="l"><b>Heavy</b> (110 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a <b>heavy</b><br> stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/heavy.htm - 44k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/heavy-laden.htm"><span class="l"><b>Heavy</b>-laden (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>Heavy</b>-laden. <b>Heavy</b>, <b>Heavy</b>-laden. Hebel . Multi-Version Concordance<br><b>Heavy</b>-laden (1 Occurrence). Matthew 11:28 "Come to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/heavy-laden.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/heaviness.htm"><span class="l">Heaviness (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (n.) The state or quality of being <b>heavy</b> in its various senses; weight; sadness;<br> sluggishness; oppression; thickness. Int. <b>...</b><b>HEAVY</b>; HEAVINESS. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/heaviness.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/knock.htm"><span class="l">Knock (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (vi) To drive or be driven against something; to strike<br> against something; to clash; as, one <b>heavy</b> body knocks against another. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/knock.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lighten.htm"><span class="l">Lighten (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8. (vt) To make lighter, or less <b>heavy</b>; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part<br> of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lighten.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/drag.htm"><span class="l">Drag (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (vt) To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force;<br> to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing <b>heavy</b> or resisting bodies or those <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/drag.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lighter.htm"><span class="l">Lighter (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 12:4 "Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous<br> service of your father, and his <b>heavy</b> yoke which he put on us, lighter <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lighter.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lads.htm"><span class="l">Lads (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> the lads who had grown up with him -- saying, 'Thus dost thou say to this people<br> who have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke <b>heavy</b>, and thou <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lads.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/whips.htm"><span class="l">Whips (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 12:11 Now whereas my father burdened you with a <b>heavy</b> yoke, I will add to<br> your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/whips.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/heavier.htm"><span class="l">Heavier (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 12:11 And now whereas my father did burden you with a <b>heavy</b> yoke, I will<br> add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/heavier.htm - 10k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-heavy-metal-music.html">Is listening to Christian heavy metal music wrong? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/heavy-shepherding.html">What is heavy shepherding? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/God-rock-heavy-lift.html">Could God create a rock so heavy He could not lift it? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/heavy.htm">Heavy: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Heavy (110 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/7-25.htm">Matthew 7:25</a></span><br />and the <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on rock.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/7-27.htm">Matthew 7:27</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> rain descends, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and burst upon the house, and it falls; and disastrous is the fall."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28</a></span><br />Come unto me, all ye that labour and are <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> laden, and I will give you rest.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/13-15.htm">Matthew 13:15</a></span><br />for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/18-6.htm">Matthew 18:6</a></span><br />but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/23-4.htm">Matthew 23:4</a></span><br />For they bind <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/25-5.htm">Matthew 25:5</a></span><br />Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> and slept.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/26-37.htm">Matthew 26:37</a></span><br />And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/26-43.htm">Matthew 26:43</a></span><br />He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/4-37.htm">Mark 4:37</a></span><br />But a <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> squall came on, and the waves were now dashing into the boat, so that it was fast filling.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-42.htm">Mark 9:42</a></span><br />Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/14-33.htm">Mark 14:33</a></span><br />And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>;<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/14-40.htm">Mark 14:40</a></span><br />Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>, and they didn't know what to answer him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/9-32.htm">Luke 9:32</a></span><br />Now Peter and those who were with him were <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-46.htm">Luke 11:46</a></span><br />And he said, To you also woe, doctors of the law, for ye lay upon men burdens <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/23-14.htm">Acts 23:14</a></span><br />They went to the High Priests and Elders and said to them, "We have bound ourselves under a <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> curse to take no food till we have killed Paul.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/27-10.htm">Acts 27:10</a></span><br />"Sirs," he said, "I perceive that before long the voyage will be attended with danger and <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> loss, not only to the cargo and the ship but to our own lives also."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/27-41.htm">Acts 27:41</a></span><br />But coming to a place where two seas met, they stranded the ship, and her bow sticking fast remained immovable, while the stern began to go to pieces under the <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> hammering of the sea.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/28-27.htm">Acts 28:27</a></span><br />for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they may see with the eyes, and with the heart may understand, and be turned back, and I may heal them.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Revelation 11:19</a></span><br />Then the doors of God's sanctuary in Heaven were opened, and the Ark, in which His Covenant was, was seen in His sanctuary; and there came flashes of lightning, and voices, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> hail.<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21</a></span><br />And <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> hail, that seemed to be a talent in weight, fell from the sky upon the people; and they spoke evil of God on account of the plague of the hail--because the plague of it was exceedingly severe.<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />while they stand afar off because of their terror at her <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> punishment, and say, 'Alas, alas, thou great city, O Babylon, the mighty city! For in one short hour thy doom has come!'<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/48-10.htm">Genesis 48:10</a></span><br />But the eyes of Israel were <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> from age: he could not see. And he brought them nearer to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/1-11.htm">Exodus 1:11</a></span><br />Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses. <br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/5-9.htm">Exodus 5:9</a></span><br />let the service be <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> on the men, and let them work at it, and not be dazzled by lying words.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18</a></span><br />Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. Leviticus<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/9-24.htm">Exodus 9:24</a></span><br />So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/17-12.htm">Exodus 17:12</a></span><br />But Moses' hands were <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/18-18.htm">Exodus 18:18</a></span><br />You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/11-14.htm">Numbers 11:14</a></span><br />I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> for me.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/20-20.htm">Numbers 20:20</a></span><br />He said, "You shall not pass through." Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-13.htm">Deuteronomy 25:13</a></span><br />You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-15.htm">Deuteronomy 32:15</a></span><br />But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/1-35.htm">Judges 1:35</a></span><br />and the Amorite is desirous to dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, and the hand of the house of Joseph is <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>, and they become tributary;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/20-34.htm">Judges 20:34</a></span><br />There came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they didn't know that evil was close on them.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/4-17.htm">1 Samuel 4:17</a></span><br />He who brought the news answered, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/4-18.htm">1 Samuel 4:18</a></span><br />It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>. He had judged Israel forty years.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/5-6.htm">1 Samuel 5:6</a></span><br />But the hand of Yahweh was <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its borders.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/5-7.htm">1 Samuel 5:7</a></span><br />all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allocate it to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/5-11.htm">1 Samuel 5:11</a></span><br />They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people." For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> there.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/6-19.htm">1 Samuel 6:19</a></span><br />He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/23-5.htm">1 Samuel 23:5</a></span><br />David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-25.htm">2 Samuel 13:25</a></span><br />And the king saith unto Absalom, 'Nay, my son, let us not all go, I pray thee, and we are not too <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> on thee;' and he presseth on him, and he hath not been willing to go, and he blesseth him.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/14-26.htm">2 Samuel 14:26</a></span><br />When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/12-4.htm">1 Kings 12:4</a></span><br />"Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/12-10.htm">1 Kings 12:10</a></span><br />The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall tell this people who spoke to you, saying,'Your father made our yoke <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>, but make it lighter to us;' you shall say to them,'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm">1 Kings 12:11</a></span><br />Now whereas my father burdened you with a <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/12-14.htm">1 Kings 12:14</a></span><br />and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/14-6.htm">1 Kings 14:6</a></span><br />It was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, "Come in, you wife of Jeroboam! Why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> news.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/18-41.htm">1 Kings 18:41</a></span><br />Elijah said to Ahab, "Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/18-44.htm">1 Kings 18:44</a></span><br />It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, "Go up, tell Ahab,'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'"<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/18-45.htm">1 Kings 18:45</a></span><br />And it came to pass in a little while, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/20-21.htm">1 Kings 20:21</a></span><br />The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/20-43.htm">1 Kings 20:43</a></span><br />And the king of Israel went to his house <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> and displeased, and came to Samaria.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/6-14.htm">2 Kings 6:14</a></span><br />And he sendeth thither horses and chariot, and a <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> force, and they come in by night, and go round against the city.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/18-17.htm">2 Kings 18:17</a></span><br />And the king of Asshur sendeth Tartan, and the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of the butlers, from Lachish, unto king Hezekiah, with a <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> force, to Jerusalem, and they go up and come in to Jerusalem, and they go up, and come in and stand by the conduit of the upper pool that 'is' in the highway of the fuller's field.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/10-3.htm">1 Chronicles 10:3</a></span><br />And the battle 'is' <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting,<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-4.htm">2 Chronicles 10:4</a></span><br />Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-10.htm">2 Chronicles 10:10</a></span><br />The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>, but make it lighter on us; thus you shall say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-11.htm">2 Chronicles 10:11</a></span><br />Now whereas my father burdened you with a <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-14.htm">2 Chronicles 10:14</a></span><br />and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-17.htm">2 Chronicles 13:17</a></span><br />Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">2 Chronicles 21:14</a></span><br />behold, Yahweh will strike with a great plague your people, and your children, and your wives, and all your substance;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-5.htm">2 Chronicles 28:5</a></span><br />Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they struck him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">Ezra 10:9</a></span><br />Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/10-13.htm">Ezra 10:13</a></span><br />But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/5-15.htm">Nehemiah 5:15</a></span><br />the former governors who 'are' before me have made themselves <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people -- and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.<br /><span class="source">(YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/5-18.htm">Nehemiah 5:18</a></span><br />Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I didn't demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> on this people.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/15-27.htm">Job 15:27</a></span><br />because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/23-2.htm">Job 23:2</a></span><br />"Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> in spite of my groaning. <br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/33-7.htm">Job 33:7</a></span><br />Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my pressure be <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> on you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/39-11.htm">Job 39:11</a></span><br />Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/32-4.htm">Psalms 32:4</a></span><br />For day and night your hand was <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/38-2.htm">Psalms 38:2</a></span><br />For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> upon me.<br /><span class="source">(WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/38-4.htm">Psalms 38:4</a></span><br />For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> burden, they are too heavy for me.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/65-3.htm">Psalms 65:3</a></span><br />Iniquities prevail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/66-11.htm">Psalms 66:11</a></span><br />Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> burden upon our loins;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/88-7.htm">Psalms 88:7</a></span><br />Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah. <br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/144-14.htm">Psalms 144:14</a></span><br />Our oxen will pull <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/8-24.htm">Proverbs 8:24</a></span><br />In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> 'with' waters,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/23-20.htm">Proverbs 23:20</a></span><br />Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/23-21.htm">Proverbs 23:21</a></span><br />For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/25-20.htm">Proverbs 25:20</a></span><br />As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> heart.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/27-3.htm">Proverbs 27:3</a></span><br />A stone is <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/31-6.htm">Proverbs 31:6</a></span><br />Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> hearts.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:13</a></span><br />I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. <br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/6-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:1</a></span><br />There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> on men:<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:6</a></span><br />For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> on him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a></span><br />Ah, sinning nation, a people <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> 'with' iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons -- corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/6-10.htm">Isaiah 6:10</a></span><br />Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20</a></span><br />The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> on it, and it will fall and not rise again.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Isaiah 30:27</a></span><br />Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/32-2.htm">Isaiah 32:2</a></span><br />And each hath been as a hiding-place 'from' wind, And as a secret hiding-place 'from' inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> rock in a weary land.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/36-2.htm">Isaiah 36:2</a></span><br />And the king of Asshur sendeth Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, unto the king Hezekiah, with a <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> force, and he standeth by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22</a></span><br />I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/46-1.htm">Isaiah 46:1</a></span><br />Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were <span class="boldtext">heavy</span> loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/47-6.htm">Isaiah 47:6</a></span><br />I have been wroth against My people, I have polluted Mine inheritance And I give them into thy hand, Thou hast not appointed for them mercies, On the aged thou hast made thy yoke very <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>,<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/59-1.htm">Isaiah 59:1</a></span><br />Behold, Yahweh's hand is not shortened, that it can't save; neither his ear <span class="boldtext">heavy</span>, that it can't hear:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/65-14.htm">Isaiah 65:14</a></span><br />Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/3-7.htm">Lamentations 3:7</a></span><br />He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; 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