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Exd 18:18 — Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that [is] with thee: for this thing [is] too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Thou wilt surely wear away		Heb. Fading thou wilt fade. 2Cr 12:15; Phl 2:30; 1Th 2:8,9
thou art		Num 11:14-17; Deu 1:9-12; Act 6:1-4

Correlating Passages

Thou wilt surely wear away

	2Cr 12:15	And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
	Phl 2:30	Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
	1Th 2:8	So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
	1Th 2:9	For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

thou art

	Num 11:14	I am not able to bear all this people alone, because [it is] too heavy for me.
	Num 11:15	And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
	Num 11:16	And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
	Num 11:17	And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which [is] upon thee, and will put [it] upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear [it] not thyself alone.
	Deu 1:9	And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
	Deu 1:10	The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye [are] this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
	Deu 1:11	(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye [are], and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
	Deu 1:12	How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
	Act 6:1	And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
	Act 6:2	Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto them], and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
	Act 6:3	Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
	Act 6:4	But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 18:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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