Romans 8:20

For the creation was not willingly subjected to vanity, but because of Him who subjected it on hope

Genesis 3:17-19

And to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it! The ground is cursed for your sake. In pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.

Genesis 5:29

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

Genesis 6:13

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has 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 peace, and those who provoke God are secure, in whatever God brings to their hand.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

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

Isaiah 24:5-6

And the land is defiled under its people; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, and have broken the everlasting covenant.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and the grass of every field wither from the evil of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds have been destroyed, because they said, He shall not see our last end.

Jeremiah 12:11

One has made it a desolation, it mourns to Me. The whole land is made desolate because no man lays it to heart.

Jeremiah 14:5-6

Yea, the doe also calved in the field and forsook it, because there was no grass.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land shall mourn, and everyone who dwells in it shall droop, with the beasts of the field and with the birds of the heavens. Yes, the fish of the sea shall also be taken away.

Joel 1:18

How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are troubled because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are destroyed.

Romans 8:22

And we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

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Summary

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
And we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it! The ground is cursed for your sake. In pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.
Genesis 5:29
And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed.
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has 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 peace, and those who provoke God are secure, in whatever God brings to their hand.
Isaiah 24:5
And the land is defiled under its people; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, and have broken the everlasting covenant.
Jeremiah 12:4
How long shall the land mourn, and the grass of every field wither from the evil of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds have been destroyed, because they said, He shall not see our last end.
Jeremiah 14:5
Yea, the doe also calved in the field and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land shall mourn, and everyone who dwells in it shall droop, with the beasts of the field and with the birds of the heavens. Yes, the fish of the sea shall also be taken away.
Joel 1:18
How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are troubled because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are destroyed.

General references

Genesis 7:21
And all flesh that moved upon the face of the earth died, of birds, of cattle, of animal, and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth; and every man,
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, says the preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.