Genesis 3:19

Catholic Public Domain Version

By the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken. For dust you are, and unto dust you shall return."

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham responded by saying: "Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes.

Genesis 2:7

And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

Genesis 23:4

"I am a newcomer and a sojourner among you. Give me the right of a sepulcher among you, so that I may bury my dead."

Genesis 3:18

Thorns and thistles shall it produce for you, and you shall eat the plants of the earth.

Genesis 5:5

And all the time that passed while Adam lived was nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died.

Job 1:21

and he said, "Naked I departed from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Just as it pleased the Lord, so has it been done. Blessed be the name of the Lord."

Job 10:9

Remember, I ask you, that you have fashioned me like clay, and you will reduce me to dust.

Job 19:26

And I will be enveloped again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.

Job 21:26

And yet they will sleep together in the dust, and worms will cover them.

Job 34:15

All flesh will fail together, and man will return to ashes.

Job 4:19

How much more will those who live in houses of clay, which have an earthly foundation, be consumed like the moth?

Psalm 103:14

producing grass for cattle and herbs for the service of men. So may you draw bread from the earth,

Psalm 104:23

And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.

Psalm 104:29

He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.

Psalm 127:2

For you will eat by the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it will be well with you.

Psalm 90:3

For he has freed me from the snare of those who go hunting, and from the harsh word.

Proverbs 21:16

A man who wanders astray from the way of doctrine will linger in the company of the giants.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I was determined in my mind to seek and to investigate wisely, concerning all that is done under the sun. God has given this very difficult task to the sons of men, so that they may be occupied by it.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to its earth, from which it was, and the spirit returns to God, who granted it.

Ecclesiastes 3:20

And all things continue on to one place; for from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return together.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

It is an utterly miserable infirmity that, in the same manner as he has arrived, so shall he return. How then does it benefit him, since he has labored for the wind?

Daniel 12:2

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awaken: some to everlasting life, and others to a reproach that they will always see.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man, being earthly, was of the earth; the second man, being heavenly, will be of heaven.

Ephesians 4:28

Whoever was stealing, let him now not steal, but rather let him labor, working with his hands, doing what is good, so that he may have something to distribute to those who suffer need.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you remember, brothers, our hardship and weariness. We preached the Gospel of God among you, working night and day, so that we would not be burdensome to any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

Then, too, while we were with you, we insisted on this to you: that if anyone was not willing to work, neither should he eat.

Hebrews 9:27

And in the same manner as it has been appointed for men to die one time, and after this, to be judged,