Genesis 2:16

New English Translation

Then the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard,

Cross References

Genesis 1:29

Then God said, “I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

Genesis 2:15

The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.

Genesis 2:9

The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food. (Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)

Genesis 3:3

but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said, ‘You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.’”

1 Timothy 4:4

For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

1 Samuel 15:22

Then Samuel said, “Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.