Genesis 3:17

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Summary

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;

And hast

Genesis 3:6

Genesis 2:16

Jeremiah 7:23

Cursed

Romans 8:20

In sorrow

General references

Mark 4:7

Bible References

And hast

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.

And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:

But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.

Cursed

And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.

All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.

For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope

In sorrow

For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.

How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?

What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.

I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

General references

And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.