Bible Cross References
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Deuteronomy 1:9
Moses said to the people, "While we were still at Mount Sinai, I told you, 'The responsibility for leading you is too much for me. I can't do it alone.
Exodus 18:13-16
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The next day Moses was settling disputes among the people, and he was kept busy from morning till night.
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When Jethro saw everything that Moses had to do, he asked, "What is all this that you are doing for the people? Why are you doing this all alone, with people standing here from morning till night to consult you?"
15
Moses answered, "I must do this because the people come to me to learn God's will.
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When two people have a dispute, they come to me, and I decide which one of them is right, and I tell them God's commands and laws."
Numbers 11:11-15
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and he said to the LORD, "Why have you treated me so badly? Why are you displeased with me? Why have you given me the responsibility for all these people?
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I didn't create them or bring them to birth! Why should you ask me to act like a nurse and carry them in my arms like babies all the way to the land you promised to their ancestors?
13
Where could I get enough meat for all these people? They keep whining and asking for meat.
14
I can't be responsible for all these people by myself; it's too much for me!
15
If you are going to treat me like this, have pity on me and kill me, so that I won't have to endure your cruelty any longer."
1 Kings 3:7-9
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O LORD God, you have let me succeed my father as king, even though I am very young and don't know how to rule.
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Here I am among the people you have chosen to be your own, a people who are so many that they cannot be counted.
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So give me the wisdom I need to rule your people with justice and to know the difference between good and evil. Otherwise, how would I ever be able to rule this great people of yours?"
Psalm 89:19
In a vision long ago you said to your faithful servants, "I have given help to a famous soldier; I have given the throne to one I chose from the people.
2 Corinthians 2:16
For those who are being lost, it is a deadly stench that kills; but for those who are being saved, it is a fragrance that brings life. Who, then, is capable for such a task?
2 Corinthians 3:5
There is nothing in us that allows us to claim that we are capable of doing this work. The capacity we have comes from God;