Genesis 2:16

New American Bible - revised edition

The Lord God gave the man this order: You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden

Cross References

Genesis 1:29

God also said: See, I give you every seed-bearing plant on all the earth and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food;

Genesis 2:15

The Lord God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it.

Genesis 2:9

Out of the ground the Lord God made grow every tree that was delightful to look at and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:3

it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘You shall not eat it or even touch it, or else you will die.’”

1 Timothy 4:4

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected when received with thanksgiving,

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but rather on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel said: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to the Lord’s command? Obedience is better than sacrifice, to listen, better than the fat of rams.