Genesis 3:19

New Century Version

You will sweat and work hard for your food. Later you will return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and when you die, you will return to the dust.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham said, “Though I am only dust and ashes, I have been brave to speak to the Lord.

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and formed a man from it. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living person.

Genesis 23:4

“I am only a stranger and a foreigner here. Sell me some of your land so that I can bury my dead wife.”

Genesis 3:18

The ground will produce thorns and weeds for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Genesis 5:5

So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

Job 1:21

He said: “I was naked when I was born, and I will be naked when I die. The Lord gave these things to me, and he has taken them away. Praise the name of the Lord.”

Job 10:9

Remember that you molded me like a piece of clay. Will you now turn me back into dust?

Job 19:26

Even after my skin has been destroyed, in my flesh I will see God.

Job 21:26

They are buried next to each other, and worms cover them both.

Job 34:15

then everyone would die together and turn back into dust.

Job 4:19

So he puts even more blame on people who live in clay houses, whose foundations are made of dust, who can be crushed like a moth.

Psalm 103:14

He knows how we were made; he remembers that we are dust.

Psalm 104:23

Then people go to work and work until evening.

Psalm 104:29

When you turn away from them, they become frightened. When you take away their breath, they die and turn to dust.

Psalm 127:2

It is no use for you to get up early and stay up late, working for a living. The Lord gives sleep to those he loves.

Psalm 22:15

My strength has dried up like a clay pot, and my tongue sticks to the top of my mouth. You laid me in the dust of death.

Psalm 22:29

All the powerful people on earth will eat and worship. Everyone will bow down to him, all who will one day die.

Psalm 90:3

You turn people back into dust. You say, “Go back into dust, human beings.”

Proverbs 21:16

Whoever does not use good sense will end up among the dead.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I decided to use my wisdom to learn about everything that happens on earth. I learned that God has given us terrible things to face.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What do people really gain from all the hard work they do here on earth?

Ecclesiastes 12:7

You will turn back into the dust of the earth again, but your spirit will return to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 3:20

Both end up the same way; both came from dust and both will go back to dust.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

People come into this world with nothing, and when they die they leave with nothing. In spite of all their hard work, they leave just as they came.

Daniel 12:2

Many people who have already died will live again. Some of them will wake up to have life forever, but some will wake up to find shame and disgrace forever.

1 Corinthians 15:47

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

Ephesians 4:28

Those who are stealing must stop stealing and start working. They should earn an honest living for themselves. Then they will have something to share with those who are poor.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

Brothers and sisters, I know you remember our hard work and difficulties. We worked night and day so we would not burden any of you while we preached God’s Good News to you.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

When we were with you, we gave you this rule: “Anyone who refuses to work should not eat.”

Hebrews 9:27

Just as everyone must die once and then be judged,