Exodus 18:18 Cross References
Exodus 18:18
18: "You're going to wear yourself out--and the people, too. This job is too heavy a burden for you to handle all by yourself.
Numbers 11:14
- I can't carry all these people by myself! The load is far too heavy!
- I'd rather you killed me than treat me like this. Please spare me this misery!"
- Then the LORD said to Moses, "Summon before me seventy of the leaders of Israel. Bring them to the Tabernacle to stand there with you.
- I will come down and talk to you there. I will take some of the Spirit that is upon you, and I will put the Spirit upon them also. They will bear the burden of the people along with you, so you will not have to carry it alone.
Acts 6:1
- But as the believers rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. Those who spoke Greek complained against those who spoke Hebrew, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.
- So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. "We apostles should spend our time preaching and teaching the word of God, not administering a food program," they said.
- "Now look around among yourselves, brothers, and select seven men who are well respected and are full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom. We will put them in charge of this business.
- Then we can spend our time in prayer and preaching and teaching the word."
Deuteronomy 1:9
- "At that time I told you, `You are too great a burden for me to carry all by myself.
- The LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars!
- And may the LORD, the God of your ancestors, multiply you a thousand times more and bless you as he promised!
- But how can I settle all your quarrels and problems by myself?
Philippians 2:30
- For he risked his life for the work of Christ, and he was at the point of death while trying to do for me the things you couldn't do because you were far away.
1 Thessalonians 2:8
- We loved you so much that we gave you not only God's Good News but our own lives, too.
- Don't you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that our expenses would not be a burden to anyone there as we preached God's Good News among you.
2 Corinthians 12:15
- I will gladly spend myself and all I have for your spiritual good, even though it seems that the more I love you, the less you love me.