Genesis 2:16

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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, 'You may surely eat from any tree of the garden,'

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  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
  • Gen 2:9 : 9 The LORD God caused every tree that is beautiful in appearance and good for food to grow out of the ground, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
  • Gen 3:1-2 : 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, 'Did God really say, you shall not eat from any tree in the garden?' 2 The woman said to the serpent, 'We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden.'

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  • Gen 2:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    17'but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will surely die.'

    18Then the LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is suitable for him.'

    19Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground every beast of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them. Whatever the man called each living creature, that became its name.

  • Gen 2:8-10
    3 verses
    82%

    8The LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He placed the man He had formed.

    9The LORD God caused every tree that is beautiful in appearance and good for food to grow out of the ground, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

    10A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became four rivers.

  • Gen 3:1-9
    9 verses
    82%

    1Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, 'Did God really say, you shall not eat from any tree in the garden?'

    2The woman said to the serpent, 'We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden.'

    3'But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.''

    4But the serpent said to the woman, 'You will surely not die.'

    5'For God knows that on the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.'

    6So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.

    7Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

    8They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden during the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

    9But the LORD God called out to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?'

  • Gen 2:15
    81%

    15The LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to take care of it.

  • Gen 1:28-30
    3 verses
    78%

    28God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and every living creature that moves on the ground.'

    29Then God said, 'Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that bears fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

    30And to all the beasts of the earth, all the birds in the sky, and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.' And it was so.

  • Gen 3:11-13
    3 verses
    77%

    11He said, 'Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?'

    12The man said, 'The woman you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.'

    13Then the LORD God said to the woman, 'What is this you have done?' The woman said, 'The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'

  • Gen 3:22-24
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    77%

    22Then the LORD God said, 'Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever—'

    23So the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

    24He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden He placed cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

  • Gen 3:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17To Adam He said, 'Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, "You must not eat from it," cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.'

    18It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

    19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.

  • Gen 1:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Then God said, 'Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds, on the earth.' And it was so.

    12The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

  • Lev 19:25
    70%

    25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will increase. I am the LORD your God.

  • Gen 6:21
    70%

    21Take with you every kind of food that is eaten and store it; it will serve as food for you and for them.

  • Gen 9:3
    70%

    3Every living creature that moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the plants, I now give you everything.

  • Gen 2:25
    69%

    25The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

  • Jer 29:5
    68%

    5Build houses and settle in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.

  • Gen 8:15
    68%

    15Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

  • Isa 1:19
    68%

    19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

  • Ps 128:2
    68%

    2You will eat the fruit of your labor; you will be blessed, and it will go well with you.

  • Gen 2:22
    68%

    22Then the LORD God formed the rib He had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.

  • Gen 1:26
    68%

    26Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground.'

  • Deut 12:25
    67%

    25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Dan 4:12
    67%

    12But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, bound with iron and bronze, surrounded by the tender grass of the field. Let it be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let it live with the animals among the plants of the earth.