Romans 8:20

For the creatures were subjected to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected them,

Genesis 3:17-19

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 shall be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Genesis 5:29

and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.

Genesis 6:13

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Job 12:6-10

The tents of robbers are at ease, and those that provoke God and those who carry gods in their hands live secure.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Isaiah 24:5-6

The earth is also become bankrupt under its inhabitants because they have transgressed the laws, falsified the order, broken the everlasting covenant.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land be desolate, and the grass of all the field wither, for the wickedness of those that dwell therein? The cattle are lacking, and the birds, because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

Jeremiah 12:11

They have made it desolate; it cries against me, desolate; the whole land was made desolate because there was no man that would see.

Jeremiah 14:5-6

Even the hind calved in the field and forsook it, because there was no grass.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the earth shall mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall be cut off, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven; and even the fishes of the sea shall be caught.

Joel 1:18

How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep are condemned.

Romans 8:22

For we now know that all the creatures groan together and travail in pain together until now.

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For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

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The creature

Romans 8:22
For we now know that all the creatures groan together and travail in pain together until now.
Genesis 3:17
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 shall be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Genesis 5:29
and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.
Genesis 6:13
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are at ease, and those that provoke God and those who carry gods in their hands live secure.
Isaiah 24:5
The earth is also become bankrupt under its inhabitants because they have transgressed the laws, falsified the order, broken the everlasting covenant.
Jeremiah 12:4
How long shall the land be desolate, and the grass of all the field wither, for the wickedness of those that dwell therein? The cattle are lacking, and the birds, because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
Jeremiah 14:5
Even the hind calved in the field and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore the earth shall mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall be cut off, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven; and even the fishes of the sea shall be caught.
Joel 1:18
How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep are condemned.

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Genesis 7:21
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl and of beasts and of animals and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth and every man;
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.