Gen.3.17

Genesis 3:17

KJV GOD

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

The Punishment of Mankind

Cross References

Romans 8:20

KJV

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

Future Glory

Hebrews 6:8

KJV

But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

A Call to Maturity

The Peril of Falling Away

Genesis 3:18

KJV GOD

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

The Punishment of Mankind

Genesis 5:29

KJV

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

From Methuselah to Noah

Genesis 8:21

KJV GOD

And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

Noah Builds an Altar

Job 5:7

KJV

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him

Job 14:1

KJV

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Job Laments the Finality of Death

Psalm 127:2

KJV

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Children Are a Heritage from the LORD

A song of ascents. Of Solomon.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

KJV

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

The Futility of Work

Isaiah 24:5

KJV

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

Genesis 3:17

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

The Punishment of Mankind

Cross References

Future Glory

A Call to Maturity

The Peril of Falling Away

The Punishment of Mankind

From Methuselah to Noah

Noah Builds an Altar

Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him

Job Laments the Finality of Death

Children Are a Heritage from the LORD

A song of ascents. Of Solomon.

The Futility of Work

God’s Judgment on the Earth