Genesis 3:19

Contemporary English Version 1995

You will sweat all your life to earn a living; you were made out of soil, and you will once again turn into soil.”

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:7

So our bodies return to the earth, and the life-giving breath returns to God.

Job 34:15

we humans would die and return to the soil.

Psalm 104:29

But when you turn away, they are terrified; when you end their life, they die and rot.

Genesis 2:7

The Lord God took some soil from the ground and made a man. God breathed life into the man, and the man started breathing.

Psalm 90:3

At your command we die and turn back to dust,

Ephesians 4:28

If you are a thief, quit stealing. Be honest and work hard, so you will have something to give to people in need.

Ecclesiastes 3:20

All living creatures go to the same place. We are made from earth, and we return to earth.

Genesis 18:27

Abraham answered, “I am nothing more than the dust of the earth. Please forgive me, Lord, for daring to speak to you like this.

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who lie dead in the ground will rise from death. Some of them will be given eternal life, and others will receive nothing but eternal shame and disgrace.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What is there to show for all of our hard work here on this earth?

Psalm 22:15

My strength has dried up like a broken clay pot, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You, God, have left me to die in the dirt.

Genesis 23:4

“I live as a foreigner in your land, and I don't own any property where I can bury my wife. Please let me buy a piece of land.”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

We also gave you this rule: If you don't work, you don't eat.

Psalm 103:14

because he knows we are made of dust.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

My dear friends, you surely haven't forgotten our hard work and hardships. You remember how night and day we struggled to make a living, so we could tell you God's message without being a burden to anyone.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

They came into this world naked, and when they die, they will be just as naked. They can't take anything with them, and they won't have anything to show for all their work.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

With all my wisdom I tried to understand everything that happens here on earth. And God has made this so hard for us humans to do.

Proverbs 21:16

If you stop using good sense, you will find yourself in the grave.

Psalm 22:29

All who are rich and have more than enough will bow down to you, Lord. Even those who are dying and almost in the grave will come and bow down.

Job 21:26

But we all end up dead, beneath a blanket of worms.

Job 19:26

My flesh may be destroyed, yet from this body I will see God.

Job 1:21

and said: “We bring nothing at birth; we take nothing with us at death. The Lord alone gives and takes. Praise the name of the Lord!”

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man was made from the dust of the earth, but the second man came from heaven.

Hebrews 9:27

We die only once, and then we are judged.

Genesis 3:18

Your food will be plants, but the ground will produce thorns and thistles.

Job 4:19

Humans are formed from clay and are fragile as moths, so what chance do you have?

Psalm 104:23

then we go out to work until the end of day.

Psalm 127:2

It is useless to get up early and stay up late in order to earn a living. God takes care of his own, even while they sleep.

Genesis 5:5

and died at the age of 930.

Job 10:9

Remember that you molded me like a piece of clay. So don't turn me back into dust once again.