Genesis 3:19

New English Translation

By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham asked, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),

Genesis 2:7

The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 23:4

“I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”

Genesis 3:18

It will produce thorns and thistles for you, but you will eat the grain of the field.

Genesis 5:5

The entire lifetime of Adam was 930 years, and then he died.

Job 1:21

He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!”

Job 10:9

Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?

Job 19:26

And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,

Job 21:26

Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both.

Job 34:15

all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

Job 4:19

how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

Psalm 103:14

For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.

Psalm 104:23

Men then go out to do their work, and labor away until evening.

Psalm 104:29

When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life’s breath, they die and return to dust.

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

Psalm 22:15

The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

Psalm 22:29

All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives.

Psalm 90:3

You make mankind return to the dust, and say, “Return, O people!”

Proverbs 21:16

The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 3:20

Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake – some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.

Ephesians 4:28

The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

Hebrews 9:27

And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,