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So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.
- Exodus 12:34
But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
- Numbers 7:9
Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
- Deuteronomy 33:12
And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 15:15
When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.
- Ezekiel 29:7
Her (Mary's) Son first had to be the Child of the Father in order then to become man and be capable of taking up on his shoulders the burden of a guilty world.
- Hans Urs von Balthasar
Because nothing wondrous can come in this world unless it rests on the shoulders of kindness.
- Barbara Kingsolver
nothing wondrous can come in this world unless it rests on the shoulders of kindness.
- Barbara Kingsolver
It is the spirit that stoopeth the shoulders, I ween, and not the weight; for armor is heavy, yet it is a proud burden, and a man standeth straight in it.
- Mark Twain
"Authority rests upon his shoulders" (Isa. 9:6).
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
From the shoulders, slowly a pair of wings unfolded, wings made of rainbows, of light upon water, of poetry. Calvin fell to his knees. No, Mrs. Whatsit said, though her voice was not Mrs. Whatsit's voice. Not to me Calvin. Never to me. Stand up.
- Madeleine L'Engle
Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God.
- Martin Luther