1 Kings 11:28
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28 The man Jeroboam was very able, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.
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Proverbs 22:29
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29 Do you see those who are skillful in their work?
They will serve kings;
they will not serve common people.(A)
Matthew 11:30
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30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
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Zechariah 10:6
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6 I will strengthen the house of Judah,
and I will save the house of Joseph.
I will bring them back because I have compassion on them,
and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them.(A)
Amos 5:6
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6 Seek the Lord and live,
or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire,
and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it.(A)
Isaiah 14:25
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25 I will break the Assyrian in my land
and on my mountains trample him under foot;
his yoke shall be removed from them
and his burden from their shoulders.(A)
1 Kings 5:16
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16 besides Solomon’s three thousand three hundred supervisors who were over the work, having charge of the people who did the work.
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2 Samuel 19:20
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20 For your servant knows that I have sinned; therefore, see, I have come this day, the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”(A)
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Judges 1:22-23
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22 The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them. 23 The house of Joseph sent out spies to Bethel (the name of the city was formerly Luz).(A)
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Joshua 18:5
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5 They shall divide it into seven portions, Judah continuing in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph in their territory on the north.(A)
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Deuteronomy 1:12
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12 But how can I bear the heavy burden of your disputes all by myself?
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