Galatians 6:1-2

Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

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43 songs meet this passage

  • “I almost fell into that hole in your life”

    Black Balloon · Goo Goo Dolls

    resonates with Galatians 6:1-2

    The narrator is pulled toward the same pit while trying to carry someone else's burden, the exact tension Paul warns believers to watch for.

  • “Turn around our back on each other”

    Never Let You Go · Third Eye Blind

    strains against Galatians 6:1-2

    Paul calls believers to restore and bear one another's burdens rather than turn away when someone is struggling, the opposite instinct from the song's refrain.

  • “Nail a nigga to the cross, he walk around like Teezo”

    Not Like Us · Kendrick Lamar

    strains against Galatians 6:1

    Scripture calls believers to restore a fallen person gently, not to invoke the cross as a tool of mockery or public shaming.

  • Hey Jude · The Beatles

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The song's whole posture of urging someone to open their heart to another and bear pain together reflects the call to carry one another's burdens.

  • “Give a helping hand to your fellow men”

    peekaboo (feat. AZ Chike) · Kendrick Lamar

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The opening line gestures toward mutual care, a value the rest of the song almost entirely abandons.

  • “I will carry you home”

    Carry You Home · Alex Warren

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The promise to carry someone through life's uncertainty mirrors the call to bear one another's burdens in love.

  • I Can Do It With a Broken Heart (Instrumental) · Taylor Swift

    strains against Galatians 6:2

    The song describes a person carrying a crushing burden entirely alone, with the explicit goal that no one knows. Scripture calls us toward a community that shares the weight rather than performing around it.

  • I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves) · Zach Bryan

    strains against Galatians 6:2

    The couple carries pain alongside each other but never truly lifts the other's burden, only remembers it; the song aches for a mutual bearing it never reaches.

  • Before You Go · Lewis Capaldi

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The regret over emotional walls speaks to the call to bear one another's burdens, naming what was missing in the relationship.

  • Treat You Better · Shawn Mendes

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    Genuine care for someone who is struggling, offering to carry a burden with them, does echo this call, even if the song's motives are mixed.

  • “I can't be the only one who's holding on for dear life”

    I Am Not Okay · Jelly Roll

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The song's instinct to find others carrying the same burden reflects the call to bear one another's weight.

  • “We get to carry each other, carry each other”

    One · U2

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    This is the song's clearest reach toward grace: bearing one another's burdens even amid deep hurt and difference.

  • Brother (feat. Gavin DeGraw) · NEEDTOBREATHE

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The whole song is essentially an offer to bear another's burdens, the very command Paul gives the church.

  • “We all have pain, we all have sorrow”

    Lean On Me · Bill Withers

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The song's whole premise, sharing each other's burdens, mirrors Paul's call to carry one another's weight.

  • Humble and Kind · Tim McGraw

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The closing charge to turn back and help others reflects the call to bear one another's burdens.

  • “There's no load I can't hold”

    Life Is a Highway · Rascal Flatts

    strains against Galatians 6:2

    The song leans on self-sufficiency to carry life's weight, while Scripture calls believers to carry burdens together rather than alone.

  • ROADS UNTRAVELED · LINKIN PARK

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The offer of presence in another's sorrow mirrors the call to bear one another's burdens.

  • People · Libianca

    strains against Galatians 6:2

    The song's central wound is that no community bore her burden; this verse names the call that was absent, and the ache the song voices for it.

  • Stand By You · Rachel Platten

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The whole song's posture of bearing another's burdens and brokenness reflects this call to carry one another's weight in love.

  • 5AM · Clinton Kane

    strains against Galatians 6:2

    The song's isolation (no one to talk to, nobody wants to hear it) stands against the call to carry burdens together rather than alone.

  • “wish i could take away the pain away from you”

    Hey Violet (Acoustic) · 7evin7ins

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The desire to carry another's burden as one's own mirrors this call to bear one another's burdens, even if the song doesn't name its source.

  • “Lend a hand to help your brother do it's best”

    Rhythm Nation · Janet Jackson

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The exhortation to lend a hand reflects the biblical call to bear one another's burdens.

  • “You pull me through”

    What Kind of Man Would I Be? · Chicago

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The idea of being carried through hardship by another person's presence reflects the call to bear one another's burdens.

  • Cry for Help · Rick Astley

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The whole song is essentially a plea for someone to bear another's burden rather than let them suffer in silence.

  • Everybody Plays the Fool · Aaron Neville

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The whole song functions as one friend bearing another's burden of heartbreak with honesty and comfort rather than judgment.

  • “I'll reach out my hand to you”

    I'll Be There · Mariah Carey

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The promise to show up and bear another's burdens reflects the call to carry one another's weight in love.

  • Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm · Crash Test Dummies

    strains against Galatians 6:2

    The children's relief at comparing themselves favorably to someone 'worse off' contrasts with the call to bear one another's burdens rather than measure and rank suffering.

  • “Maybe all you need's a shoulder to cry on”

    I Wanna Be Down · Brandy

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    Offering to carry someone's burden by simply being present reflects this call to bear one another's burdens in love.

  • You Are Not Alone · Michael Jackson

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    Bearing another's burdens is a real, Christlike picture of love, even though here it's offered between two people rather than pointing toward God.

  • “Maybe we can't change the world but”

    Hold My Hand · Hootie & The Blowfish

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The modest hope of bearing one another's burdens, rather than fixing everything, aligns with Paul's call to carry each other's loads.

  • “I will always be here”

    Hold On · Jamie Walters

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    Bearing another's burden is exactly what Scripture commends; the song embodies this call even without naming it.

  • “I'll be there for you, when you're going through”

    Best Friend · Brandy

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    Bearing one another's burdens is exactly the posture the song describes toward its 'best friend.'

  • “When you are weak I will be strong”

    Count On Me (from "Waiting to Exhale" - Original Soundtrack) · Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    Bearing one another's burdens is exactly the posture offered here: strength lent to someone who is struggling.

  • “I'll be your cryin' shoulder”

    I'll Be · Edwin McCain

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The desire to carry another's burdens and be present in their sorrow reflects this call to bear one another's weight in love.

  • Kryptonite · 3 Doors Down

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    Carrying another through crisis and holding them up echoes the call to bear one another's burdens.

  • “If you jump I'll break your fall”

    Crash and Burn · Savage Garden

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The offer to catch someone in collapse reflects the call to bear one another's burdens, though here it rests on a human promise rather than the body of Christ.

  • “What happens out there is not my concern”

    Music (feat. Marvin Gaye) · Erick Sermon

    strains against Galatians 6:2

    Scripture calls believers to carry one another's burdens, while this line shrugs off others' struggles in favor of personal escape.

  • “And all you wanted was somebody who cares”

    All You Wanted · Michelle Branch

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The desire to bear another's burden and be present to their need reflects the call to carry one another's loads.

  • “I'm not the one who broke you”

    Here Is Gone · Goo Goo Dolls

    strains against Galatians 6:2

    The narrator steps back from responsibility for the other person's pain, where Scripture calls believers toward bearing one another's burdens even amid difficulty.

  • She Will Be Loved · Maroon 5

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    Underneath the romance is a real picture of bearing someone's burdens and catching them when they fall, a fragment of genuine care worth noticing.

  • “You see a person down, then give them a hand”

    Happy People (Radio Edit) · R. Kelly

    resonates with Galatians 6:2

    The call to lift up someone who is down reflects the spirit of bearing one another's burdens.

  • “Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?”

    It Ain't Me (Tiësto's AFTR:HRS Remix) · Kygo & Selena Gomez

    strains against Galatians 6:2-5

    Scripture calls believers to bear one another's burdens, yet the singer is choosing to set this particular burden down rather than carry it further.

  • “There's no load I can't hold”

    Life Is a Highway · Tom Cochrane

    strains against Galatians 6:2-5

    Scripture frames bearing burdens as something done in community and ultimately dependent on God's strength, while the lyric leans on self-sufficient grit alone.

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