Genesis 4:12

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

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  • Lev 26:36 : 36 And upon them that are ft alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken af shall chase them; and they shall fe, as feing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
  • Deut 28:23-24 : 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is unr thee shall be iron. 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powr and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be stroyed.
  • Deut 28:65-66 : 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
  • Ps 109:10 : 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
  • Jer 20:3-4 : 3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth emiah out of the stocks. Then said emiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib. 4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
  • Hos 9:17 : 17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
  • Rom 8:20 : 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
  • Gen 3:17-18 : 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; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
  • Gen 4:14 : 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
  • Lev 26:20 : 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

    6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

    7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

    8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

    9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

    10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

    11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

  • Gen 4:13-16
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    13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

    14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

    15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, venance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

    16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

  • Gen 3:16-19
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    16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

    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;

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

    19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

  • Gen 4:2-3
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    2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

    3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

  • Gen 3:23
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    23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

  • Deut 28:16-20
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    16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

    17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

    18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

    19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

    20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be stroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

  • Gen 3:14
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    14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

  • Lev 26:20
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    20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

  • Gen 9:25
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    25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

  • 1 John 3:12
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    12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

  • Deut 28:30
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    30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Job 18:4
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    4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

  • Deut 28:25
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    25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Gen 27:40
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    40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

  • Deut 28:33
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    33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

  • Mic 6:15
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    15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

  • Gen 9:6
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    6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the ima of God made he man.