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The term "wearied" in the Bible often refers to a state of physical, emotional, or spiritual exhaustion. It is used to describe both human experiences and God's response to persistent disobedience or faithlessness. The concept of weariness is significant in understanding the human condition and God's interaction with His people.

Human Weariness

Human weariness is a common theme in Scripture, reflecting the burdens and struggles of life. In the Old Testament, the Israelites frequently experienced weariness during their journey through the wilderness. In Deuteronomy 25:18, the Amalekites attacked the Israelites when they were "weary and worn out," highlighting the vulnerability that comes with exhaustion.

In the New Testament, Jesus acknowledges human weariness and offers rest. In Matthew 11:28-30 , He invites those who are "weary and burdened" to come to Him for rest, promising that His yoke is easy and His burden is light. This passage underscores the compassionate nature of Christ, who provides spiritual rest and renewal.

Spiritual Weariness

Spiritual weariness can result from prolonged trials, persistent sin, or a lack of faith. The prophet Isaiah addresses this in Isaiah 40:30-31 , where even "youths grow tired and weary," but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. This promise of renewal is a source of encouragement for believers facing spiritual fatigue.

The Apostle Paul also speaks to spiritual weariness in Galatians 6:9 , urging believers not to "grow weary in doing good," for in due time they will reap a harvest if they do not give up. This exhortation emphasizes perseverance and the eventual reward for faithfulness.

God's Weariness

While God is omnipotent and does not experience weariness in the human sense, Scripture uses the term metaphorically to describe His response to persistent sin and rebellion. In Isaiah 1:14 , God expresses weariness with the empty rituals of His people, saying, "I am weary of bearing them." This weariness reflects God's righteous indignation and desire for genuine repentance and obedience.

Similarly, in Malachi 2:17 , the prophet declares, "You have wearied the LORD with your words," referring to the people's cynical questioning of God's justice. This passage highlights the importance of sincere faith and trust in God's righteous character.

Conclusion

The concept of weariness in the Bible serves as a reminder of human limitations and the need for divine strength and rest. It also underscores God's desire for genuine relationship and obedience from His people. Through Christ, believers are offered rest and renewal, empowering them to persevere in faith and good works.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Weary.

Greek

2872. kopiao -- to grow weary, toil
... to grow weary, toil NASB Word Usage diligently labor (1), grown weary (1),
hard-working (1), labor (3), labored (4), labors (1), toil (4), wearied (1), weary ( ...
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2577. kamno -- to be weary
... faint, sick, be wearied. Apparently a primary verb; properly, to toil, ie (by
implication) to tire (figuratively, faint, sicken) -- faint, sick, be wearied. ...
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3935. pariemi -- to pass by or over, to relax
... par-ee'-ay-mi) Short Definition: I neglect, omit, slacken Definition: (a) I let
pass, neglect, omit, disregard, (b) I slacken, loosen; pass: I am wearied. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5888. iph -- to be faint
... exhausted (1), faint (1), weary (2). be wearied. A primitive root; to languish --
be wearied. 5887, 5888. iph. 5889 . Strong's Numbers.
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3811. laah -- to be weary or impatient
... NASB Word Usage become impatient (1), exhausted (1), find difficulty (1), impatient
(1), parched (1), tired (2), try the patience (2), wearied (4), wearies (1 ...
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3021. yaga -- to toil, grow or be weary
... to toil, grow or be weary NASB Word Usage become weary (1), get tired (1), labor
(1), labored (4), tired (3), toil (4), toiled (1), wearied (4), wearies (1 ...
/hebrew/3021.htm - 6k

Library

The Wearied Christ
... THE WEARIED CHRIST. 'Jesus therefore, being wearied with His journey, sat
thus on the well.... He said unto them, I have meat to ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/the wearied christ.htm

As Pants the Wearied Hart for Cooling Springs
... III. SACRAMENTS AND RITES Holy Communion: Introits 313. As pants the wearied hart
for cooling springs. ... DOXOLOGY. As pants the wearied hart for cooling springs,. ...
/.../holy communion introits 313 as.htm

"Come unto Me, all Ye that Labour, and are Wearied," &C.
... Sermon VI. "Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are wearied," &c. Matth.
xi.28.""Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are wearied," &c. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon vi come unto me.htm

Section 6, 7. When the Word and Son Hungered, Wept, and was ...
... Section 6, 7. When the Word and Son hungered, wept, and was wearied, He acted as
our Mediator, taking on Him what was ours, that He might impart to us what was ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/section 6 7 when the.htm

The Grace of God
... I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither ...
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The Storm Stilled
... Mark seldom dates his incidents, but he takes pains to tell us that this run across
the lake closed a day of labour, Jesus was wearied, and felt the need of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/the storm stilled.htm

John Chapter iv. Jan-42
... 6. "Jesus therefore, being wearied with His journey, sat thus on the well.
It was about the sixth hour." Now begin the mysteries. ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xv john chapter iv.htm

How those are to be Admonished with whom Everything Succeeds ...
... are those who prosper in what they desire in temporal matters, and those who covet
indeed the things that are of this world, but yet are wearied with the ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xxvi how those are.htm

Finis Coronat Opus
... The text is the utterance of a wearied man who has had so many disappointments,
and seen so many fair beginnings overclouded, and so many ships going out of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/finis coronat opus.htm

Jesus at the Well.
... the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Samaritan synagogue are still shown to the stranger;
here we see the genuine humanity of Jesus, as he sat 'wearied with his ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/jesus at the well.htm

Thesaurus

Wearied (36 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Wearied (36 Occurrences). ... Jesus therefore, being wearied
with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. ...
/w/wearied.htm - 17k

Ucal (1 Occurrence)
... persons is strange and obscure; the margin proposes therefore, by the use of a
different pointing, to read the verse, "The man said, I have wearied myself, O ...
/u/ucal.htm - 8k

Fatigued (5 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 25:18 that he hath met thee in the way, and smiteth in all those feeble
behind thee (and thou wearied and fatigued), and is not fearing God. (YLT). ...
/f/fatigued.htm - 7k

Jael (6 Occurrences)
... As he drew near, Jael invited him to enter her tent. He did so, and as
he lay wearied on the floor he fell into a deep sleep. She ...
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Gatherer (5 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 30:1 Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an
affirmation of the man: -- I have wearied myself 'for' God, I have wearied...
/g/gatherer.htm - 8k

Ithiel (2 Occurrences)
... persons is strange and obscure; the margin proposes therefore, by the use of a
different pointing, to read the verse, "The man said, I have wearied myself, O ...
/i/ithiel.htm - 8k

Trustedst (3 Occurrences)
... (KJV DBY). Jeremiah 12:5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have
wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? ...
/t/trustedst.htm - 7k

Delighting (9 Occurrences)
... Malachi 2:17 Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: 'In what
have we wearied Him?' In your saying: 'Every evil-doer 'is' good in the eyes ...
/d/delighting.htm - 9k

Declaration (9 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 30:1 Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an
affirmation of the man: -- I have wearied myself 'for' God, I have wearied...
/d/declaration.htm - 10k

Burdened (15 Occurrences)
... I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense. (WEB
JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV). ... You have wearied me with your iniquities. ...
/b/burdened.htm - 11k

Resources

How can we express our doubt to God without offending Him (Malachi 2:17; 3:14-15)? | GotQuestions.org

Is speeding a sin? | GotQuestions.org

Wearied: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Wearied (36 Occurrences)

John 4:6
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Acts 16:18
This she persisted in for a considerable time, until Paul, wearied out, turned round and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out immediately.
(WEY)

Hebrews 12:3
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Revelation 2:3
and endurest, and hast borne for my name's sake, and hast not wearied:
(DBY)

Genesis 19:11
They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 7:18
and the fish that 'are' in the River die, and the River hath stank, and the Egyptians have been wearied of drinking waters from the River.'
(YLT)

Leviticus 20:23
and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with them;
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 25:18
that he hath met thee in the way, and smiteth in all those feeble behind thee (and thou wearied and fatigued), and is not fearing God.
(YLT)

Judges 8:4
And Gideon cometh in unto the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who 'are' with him -- wearied, and pursuing,
(YLT)

Judges 8:5
and he saith to the men of Succoth, 'Give, I pray you, cakes of bread to the people who 'are' at my feet, for they 'are' wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna kings of Midian.'
(YLT)

Judges 8:15
And he cometh in unto the men of Succoth, and saith, 'Lo Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye reproached me, saying, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand that we give to thy men who 'are' wearied bread?'
(YLT)

2 Samuel 16:2
And the king saith unto Ziba, 'What -- these to thee?' and Ziba saith, 'The asses for the household of the king to ride on, and the bread and the summer-fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the wearied to drink in the wilderness.'
(YLT)

2 Samuel 16:14
And the king cometh in, and all the people who 'are' with him, wearied, and they are refreshed there.
(YLT)

Job 3:17
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.
(DBY YLT)

Job 16:7
Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company,
(YLT)

Psalms 6:6
I am wearied with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I dissolve my couch with my tears.
(DBY)

Psalms 69:3
I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.
(YLT)

Psalms 95:10
Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:
(See JPS)

Proverbs 30:1
Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: -- I have wearied myself 'for' God, I have wearied myself 'for' God, and am consumed.
(YLT)

Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
(DBY)

Isaiah 1:14
Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing them.
(DBY)

Isaiah 16:12
And it shall come to pass, when Moab presenteth himself, when he wearieth himself upon the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 40:28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age -- Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding.
(YLT)

Isaiah 40:30
Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,
(YLT)

Isaiah 43:22
Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
(See JPS YLT NIV)

Isaiah 43:23
You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 43:24
You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 47:13
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Isaiah 57:10
You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say,'It is in vain.' You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 4:31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
(KJV WBS)

Jeremiah 12:5
If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Jeremiah 20:9
And I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: but it was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I became wearied with holding in, and I could not.
(DBY)

Jeremiah 45:3
Thou hast said, Wo to me, now, for Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain, I have been wearied with my sighing, and rest I have not found.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 24:12
She has wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust doesn't go forth out of her; her rust doesn't go forth by fire.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Micah 6:3
O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Malachi 2:17
You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say,'How have we wearied him?' In that you say,'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and he delights in them;' or'Where is the God of justice?'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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