Genesis 3:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

Also to Adam he said, Because thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it) cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life.

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  • Rom 8:20-22 : 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie, not of it owne will, but by reason of him, which hath subdued it vnder hope, 21 Because the creature also shall be deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God. 22 For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also, and trauaileth in paine together vnto this present.
  • Gen 5:29 : 29 And called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort vs concerning our worke and sorowe of our hands, as touching the earth, which the Lord hath cursed.
  • Eccl 2:22-23 : 22 For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne? 23 For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.
  • Job 14:1 : 1 Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
  • Matt 25:26-27 : 26 And his master answered, & said vnto him, Thou euill seruant, and slouthfull, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not. 27 Thou oughtest therefore to haue put my money to ye exchangers, & then at my comming should I haue receiued mine owne with vantage.
  • Matt 25:45 : 45 Then shall he answere them, and say, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 Then he sayde vnto him, Of thine owne mouth will I iudge thee, O euill seruant. Thou knewest that I am a straight man, taking vp that I layd not downe, & reaping that I did not sowe.
  • John 16:33 : 33 These thinges haue I spoken vnto you, that in me ye might haue peace: in the world ye shall haue affliction, but be of good comfort: I haue ouercome the world.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of God.
  • Job 21:17 : 17 How oft shal the candle of the wicked be put out? and their destruction come vpon them? he wil deuide their liues in his wrath.
  • Ps 90:7-9 : 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, and our secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our dayes are past in thine anger: we haue spent our yeeres as a thought.
  • Ps 127:2 : 2 It is in vaine for you to rise earely, and to lie downe late, and eate the bread of sorow: but he wil surely giue rest to his beloued.
  • Eccl 1:2-3 : 2 Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie. 3 What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?
  • Eccl 1:13-14 : 13 And I haue giuen mine heart to search and finde out wisdome by all things that are done vnder the heauen: (this sore trauaile hath GOD giuen to the sonnes of men, to humble them thereby) 14 I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.
  • Eccl 2:17 : 17 Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
  • Eccl 5:17 : 17 (5:16) Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.
  • Isa 24:5-6 : 5 The earth also deceiueth, because of the inhabitantes thereof: for they transgressed the lawes: they changed the ordinances, and brake the euerlasting couenant. 6 Therefore hath the curse deuoured the earth, and the inhabitantes thereof are desolate. Wherefore the inhabitants of the land are burned vp, and fewe men are left.
  • Jer 7:23-24 : 23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voyce, and I will be your God, and yee shalbe my people: and walke yee in all the wayes which I haue commaunded you, that it may be well vnto you. 24 But they would not obey, nor incline their eare, but went after the counsels and the stubbernesse of their wicked heart, and went backewarde and not forwarde.
  • Matt 22:12 : 12 And he sayd vnto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, and hast not on a wedding garment? And he was speachlesse.
  • 1 Sam 15:23-24 : 23 For rebellion is as the sinne of withcraft, and transgression is wickednesse and idolatrie. Because thou hast cast away the worde of the Lord, therefore hee hath cast away thee from being King. 24 Then Saul sayde vnto Samuel, I haue sinned: for I haue transgressed the commaundement of the Lord, and thy wordes, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voyce.
  • Job 5:6-7 : 6 For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth. 7 But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
  • Gen 2:16-17 : 16 And the Lorde God commaunded the man, saying, Thou shalt eate freely of euery tree of the garden, 17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die the death.
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for meate, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to get knowledge) tooke of the fruite thereof, and did eate, & gaue also to her husband with her, and he did eate.
  • Gen 3:11 : 11 And he saide, Who tolde thee, that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eate?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 3:1-16
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    83%

    1Nowe the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the fielde, which the Lord God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God in deede said, Ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden?

    2And the woman said vnto the serpent, We eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden,

    3But of the fruite of the tree which is in the middes of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eate of it, neither shall ye touche it, lest ye die.

    4Then the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not die at all,

    5But God doeth knowe, that when ye shall eate thereof, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and euill.

    6So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for meate, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to get knowledge) tooke of the fruite thereof, and did eate, & gaue also to her husband with her, and he did eate.

    7Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaues together, and made them selues breeches.

    8Afterward they heard the voyce of the Lord God walking in the garden in the coole of the day, and the man & his wife hid themselues from the presence of the Lorde God among the trees of the garden.

    9But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou?

    10Who saide, I heard thy voyce in the garden, and was afraide: because I was naked, therefore I hid my selfe.

    11And he saide, Who tolde thee, that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eate?

    12Then the man saide, The woman which thou gauest to be with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.

    13And the Lorde God saide to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.

    14Then the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattell, and aboue euery beast of the fielde: vpon thy belly shalt thou goe, and dust shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy life.

    15I wil also put enimitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seede & her seede. He shall breake thine head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.

    16Vnto the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy sorowes, and thy conceptions. In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children, and thy desire shalbe subiect to thine husbande, and he shall rule ouer thee.

  • Gen 3:18-23
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    18Thornes also, and thistles shall it bring foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the herbe of the fielde.

    19In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne.

    20(And the man called his wiues name Heuah, because she was the mother of all liuing)

    21Vnto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coates of skinnes, and clothed them.

    22And the Lord God said, Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, to knowe good and euill; nowe lest he put foorth his hand, and take also of ye tree of life & eate & liue for euer,

    23Therefore the Lord God sent him foorth from the garden of Eden, to till ye earth, whence he was taken.

  • Gen 2:15-17
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    76%

    15Then the Lord God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dresse it and keepe it.

    16And the Lorde God commaunded the man, saying, Thou shalt eate freely of euery tree of the garden,

    17But of the tree of knowledge of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die the death.

  • Gen 4:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand.

    12When thou shalt till the grounde, it shall not henceforth yeelde vnto thee her strength: a vagabond and a runnagate shalt thou be in the earth.

  • Gen 2:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23Then the man said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.

    24Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

  • 1 Tim 2:13-14
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    72%

    13For Adam was first formed, then Eue.

    14And Adam was not deceiued, but the woman was deceiued, and was in the transgression.

  • Gen 2:9
    70%

    9(For out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree pleasant to the sight, and good for meate: the tree of life also in the middes of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and of euill.

  • Gen 4:1
    70%

    1Afterwarde the man knewe Heuah his wife, which conceiued and bare Kain, and said, I haue obteined a man by the Lord.

  • Deut 28:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17Cursed shal thy basket be, & thy dough.

    18Cursed shall be the fruite of thy body, and the fruite of thy land, the increase of thy kine, & the flockes of thy sheepe.

  • Gen 1:28-29
    2 verses
    69%

    28And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, & ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.

    29And God said, Beholde, I haue giuen vnto you euery herbe bearing seede, which is vpon al the earth, and euery tree, wherein is the fruite of a tree bearing seede: that shall be to you for meate.

  • Ps 128:2
    69%

    2When thou eatest the labours of thine hands, thou shalt be blessed, and it shall be well with thee.

  • Gen 4:7
    69%

    7If thou do well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sinne lieth at the doore: also vnto thee his desire shalbe subiect, and thou shalt rule ouer him.

  • Deut 28:30
    69%

    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, & another man shal lye with her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eate the fruite.