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

Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree of the garden,

However, I did give them this command: Obey Me, and then I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must follow every way I command you so that it may go well with you.

Cursed

And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.”

In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”

When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

The earth is polluted by its inhabitants,
for they have transgressed teachings,
overstepped decrees,
and broken the everlasting covenant.

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

In sorrow

For distress does not grow out of the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

Man born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
Does disaster come on them?
Does He apportion destruction in His anger?

For we are consumed by Your anger;
we are terrified by Your wrath.

For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?

What is more, he eats in darkness all his days, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”

General references

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce a crop.