Romans 8:20

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

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 to 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.

Psalm 39:5

Behold, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

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

Jeremiah 12:11

They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourns to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Joel 1:18

How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

Romans 8:22

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

Romans 8:24

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for?