Galatians 6:4-5

Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else. For each one should carry his own load.

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5 songs meet this passage

  • “You've got no one to blame for your unhappiness”

    Hold On · Wilson Phillips

    resonates with Galatians 6:4-5

    A call to personal responsibility that Scripture also affirms, each person carrying their own load.

  • Lean On Me · Bill Withers

    resonates with Galatians 6:2-5

    Offering to share an unbearable load is the concrete shape of this passage's command lived out between friends.

  • “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.

  • CLOUDS · NF

    strains against Galatians 6:4

    Paul calls believers to test their own work rather than measure themselves against others' doubts or opinions, while much of this song is built on answering critics and proving them wrong.

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