Num 11:12-14, Deu 1:9, Pro 10:12, Song 8:6-7, Rom 15:1, 1Cor 13:4, Gal 6:2 | ESV | STEP | Did I conceive all this people ? Did I give them birth , that you should say to me, Carry them in your bosom , as a nurse carries a nursing child , to the land that you swore to give their fathers ?

Numbers 11:12-14

12 Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, ^a‘Carry them in your bosom, as a ^bnurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land ^cthat you swore to give their fathers? 13 ^dWhere am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me and say, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’ 14 ^eI am not able to carry all this people alone; the burden is too heavy for me.

Deuteronomy 1:9

Leaders Appointed

9 “At that time ^fI said to you, ‘I am not able to bear you by myself.

Proverbs 10:12

12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but ^glove covers all offenses.

Song of Solomon 8:6-7

6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as ^ha seal upon your arm,
for ⁱlove is strong as death,
^jjealousy ^{▼▼Or ardor} is fierce as the grave. ^{▼▼Hebrew as Sheol}
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very ^mflame of the Lord.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his ⁿhouse,
he ^{▼▼Or it} would be utterly despised.

Romans 15:1

The Example of Christ

1 ^pWe who are strong ^qhave an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

1 Corinthians 13:4

4 ^rLove is patient and ^skind; love ^tdoes not envy or boast; it ^uis not arrogant

Galatians 6:2

2 ^vBear one another’s burdens, and ^wso fulfill ^xthe law of Christ.