Genesis 3:19

God's Word

By the sweat of your brow, you will produce food to eat until you return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

Abraham asked, “Consider now, if I may be so bold as to ask you, although I’m ⌞only⌟ dust and ashes,

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the earth  and blew the breath of life into his nostrils. The man became a living being.

Genesis 23:4

“I’m a stranger with no permanent home. Let me have some of your property for a tomb so that I can bury my dead wife.”

Genesis 3:18

The ground will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat wild plants.

Genesis 5:5

Adam lived a total of 930 years; then he died.

Job 1:21

He said, “Naked I came from my mother, and naked I will return. The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away! May the name of the Lord be praised.”

Job 10:9

Please remember that you made me out of clay and that you will return me to the dust again.

Job 19:26

Even after my skin has been stripped off my body, I will see God in my own flesh.

Job 21:26

Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them.

Job 34:15

all living beings would die together, and humanity would return to dust.

Job 4:19

How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust. Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!

Psalm 103:14

He certainly knows what we are made of. He bears in mind that we are dust.

Psalm 104:23

Then people go to do their work, to do their tasks until evening.

Psalm 104:29

You hide your face, and they are terrified. You take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.

Psalm 127:2

It is useless to work hard for the food you eat by getting up early and going to bed late. The Lord gives ⌞food⌟ to those he loves while they sleep.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death.

Psalm 22:29

All prosperous people on earth will eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust will kneel in front of him, even those who are barely alive.

Psalm 90:3

You turn mortals back into dust and say, “Return, descendants of Adam.”

Proverbs 21:16

A person who wanders from the way of wise behavior will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

With all my heart I used wisdom to study and explore everything done under heaven. Mortals are weighed down with a terrible burden that God has placed on them.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What do people gain from all their hard work under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then the dust ⌞of mortals⌟ goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 3:20

All ⌞life⌟ goes to the same place. All ⌞life⌟ comes from the ground, and all of it goes back to the ground.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

They came from their mother’s womb naked. They will leave as naked as they came. They won’t even be able to take a handful of their earnings with them from all their hard work.

Daniel 12:2

Many sleeping in the ground will wake up. Some will wake up to live forever, but others will wake up to be ashamed and disgraced forever.

1 Corinthians 15:47

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

Ephesians 4:28

Thieves must quit stealing and, instead, they must work hard. They should do something good with their hands so that they’ll have something to share with those in need.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

You remember, brothers and sisters, our work and what we did to earn a living. We worked night and day so that we could bring you the Good News of God without being a burden to any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

While we were with you, we gave you the order: “Whoever doesn’t want to work shouldn’t be allowed to eat.”

Hebrews 9:27

People die once, and after that they are judged.