Romans 8:20

New Century Version

Everything God made was changed to become useless, not by its own wish but because God wanted it and because all along there was this hope:

Cross References

Genesis 5:29

Lamech named his son Noah and said, “He will comfort us in our work, which comes from the ground the Lord has cursed.”

Genesis 6:13

he said to Noah, “Because people have made the earth full of violence, I will destroy all of them from the earth.

Psalm 39:5

You have given me only a short life; my lifetime is like nothing to you. Everyone’s life is only a breath.Selah

Ecclesiastes 1:2

The Teacher says, “Useless! Useless! Completely useless! Everything is useless.”

Jeremiah 12:11

They have turned my field into a desert that is wilted and dead. The whole country is an empty desert, because no one who lives there cares.

Jeremiah 12:4

How much longer will the land stay dried up and the grass in every field be dead? The animals and birds in the land have died, because the people are evil. Yes, they are even saying, “God does not see what happens to us.”

Hosea 4:3

Because of this the land dries up, and all its people are dying. Even the wild animals and the birds of the air and the fish of the sea are dying.

Joel 1:18

The animals are groaning! The herds of cattle wander around confused, because they have no grass to eat; even the flocks of sheep suffer.

Romans 8:22

We know that everything God made has been waiting until now in pain, like a woman ready to give birth.

Romans 8:24

We were saved, and we have this hope. If we see what we are waiting for, that is not really hope. People do not hope for something they already have.