Genesis 2:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden,  as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Cross References

Genesis 3:22

The Lord God said, ‘Since the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live for ever.’

Revelation 22:14

‘Blessed   are those who wash their robes,   so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.

Revelation 2:7

‘Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give   the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in   the paradise of God.

Revelation 22:2

down the middle of the city’s main street. The tree of life was on each side of the river, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month.  The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations,

Ezekiel 47:12

All kinds of trees providing food will grow along both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail.  Each month they will bear fresh fruit because the water comes from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be used for eating and their leaves for healing.’

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but a cunning person takes lives.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life  to those who embrace her, and those who hold on to her are happy.

Genesis 3:3

But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, “You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.” ’

Genesis 2:17

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.’

Ezekiel 31:16

I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I threw it down to Sheol to be with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden,  the choice and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were comforted  in the underworld.

John 6:48

I am the bread of life.

Ezekiel 31:18

‘ “Who then are you like in glory and greatness among Eden’s trees? You also will be brought down to the underworld to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised with those slain by the sword.  This is Pharaoh and all his hordes. This is the declaration of the Lord God.” ’

Isaiah 47:10

You were secure in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me.” Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray. You said to yourself, “I am, and there is no one else.”

Isaiah 44:25

who destroys the omens of the false prophets and makes fools of diviners; who confounds the wise and makes their knowledge foolishness;

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now about food sacrificed to idols:  We know that ‘we all have knowledge’. Knowledge puffs up,  but love  builds up.

Deuteronomy 6:25

Righteousness will be ours if we are careful to follow every one of these commands before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.”

Genesis 3:24

He drove the man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 3:5

‘In fact, God knows that when  you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’