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

In sorrow

John 16:33

General references

Mark 4:7

Bible References

And hast

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

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,

But this command I gave them: 'Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. And walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.'

Cursed

and called his name Noah, saying, "Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands."

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

The earth lies defiled under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

In sorrow

For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

"Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.

"How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger?

For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed.

What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun?

Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

General references

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.