Genesis 3:5

Good News Translation (US Version)

God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be like God and know what is good and what is bad.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 28:2

“Mortal man,” he said, “tell the ruler of Tyre what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to him: Puffed up with pride, you claim to be a god. You say that like a god you sit on a throne, surrounded by the seas. You may pretend to be a god, but, no, you are mortal, not divine.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

He will oppose every so-called god or object of worship and will put himself above them all. He will even go in and sit down in God's Temple and claim to be God.

Genesis 2:17

except the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad. You must not eat the fruit of that tree; if you do, you will die the same day.”

2 Corinthians 11:3

I am afraid that your minds will be corrupted and that you will abandon your full and pure devotion to Christ—in the same way that Eve was deceived by the snake's clever lies.

2 Corinthians 4:4

They do not believe, because their minds have been kept in the dark by the evil god of this world. He keeps them from seeing the light shining on them, the light that comes from the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

Acts 26:18

You are to open their eyes and turn them from the darkness to the light and from the power of Satan to God, so that through their faith in me they will have their sins forgiven and receive their place among God's chosen people.’

Matthew 6:23

but if your eyes are no good, your body will be in darkness. So if the light in you is darkness, how terribly dark it will be!

Genesis 3:22

Then the Lord God said, “Now these human beings have become like one of us and have knowledge of what is good and what is bad. They must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever.”

Genesis 3:10

He answered, “I heard you in the garden; I was afraid and hid from you, because I was naked.”

Genesis 3:7

As soon as they had eaten it, they were given understanding and realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and covered themselves.

Revelation 13:14

And it deceived all the people living on earth by means of the miracles which it was allowed to perform in the presence of the first beast. The beast told them to build an image in honor of the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet lived.

Revelation 13:4

Everyone worshiped the dragon because he had given his authority to the beast. They worshiped the beast also, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who can fight against it?”

Daniel 4:30

he said, “Look how great Babylon is! I built it as my capital city to display my power and might, my glory and majesty.”

Isaiah 14:14

You said you would climb to the tops of the clouds and be like the Almighty.

1 Kings 22:6

So Ahab called in the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them, “Should I go and attack Ramoth, or not?” “Attack it,” they answered. “The Lord will give you victory.”

Exodus 20:7

“Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the Lord your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.

Exodus 5:2

“Who is the Lord?” the king demanded. “Why should I listen to him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord; and I will not let Israel go.”

Daniel 6:7

All of us who administer your empire—the supervisors, the governors, the lieutenant governors, and the other officials—have agreed that Your Majesty should issue an order and enforce it strictly. Give orders that for thirty days no one be permitted to request anything from any god or from any human being except from Your Majesty. Anyone who violates this order is to be thrown into a pit filled with lions.

Ezekiel 28:9

When they come to kill you, will you still claim that you are a god? When you face your murderers, you will be mortal and not at all divine.

Ezekiel 13:22

“By your lies you discourage good people, whom I do not wish to hurt. You prevent evil people from giving up evil and saving their lives.

Psalm 12:4

“With our words we get what we want. We will say what we wish, and no one can stop us.”

2 Chronicles 32:15

Now don't let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like that. Don't believe him! No god of any nation has ever been able to save his people from any Assyrian emperor. So certainly this god of yours can't save you!”

Ezekiel 29:3

Say that this is what the Sovereign Lord is telling the king of Egypt: I am your enemy, you monster crocodile, lying in the river. You say that the Nile is yours and that you made it.

Ezekiel 28:12

“Mortal man,” he said, “grieve for the fate that is waiting for the king of Tyre. Tell him what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying: You were once an example of perfection. How wise and handsome you were!

Genesis 2:9

He made all kinds of beautiful trees grow there and produce good fruit. In the middle of the garden stood the tree that gives life and the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad.

Judges 3:2

He did this only in order to teach each generation of Israelites about war, especially those who had never been in battle before.