1 Samuel 8:11-18

11He said, aThese will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: bhe will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. 12And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some cto plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. 13He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 dHe will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. 15He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. 16He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men
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and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
17He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. 18And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, fbut the Lord will not answer you in that day.”

1 Kings 12:4

4 g“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.”

Isaiah 47:6

6 hI was angry with my people;
I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand;
iyou showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.

Matthew 11:29-30

29Take my yoke upon you, and jlearn from me, for I am kgentle and lowly in heart, and lyou will find rest for your souls. 30For mmy yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Matthew 23:4

4 nThey tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,
Some manuscripts omit  hard to bear
and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.

1 John 5:3

3For pthis is the love of God, that we qkeep his commandments. And rhis commandments are not burdensome.
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