Genesis 3:19

New International Reader's Version

You will have to work hard and sweat a lot to produce the food you eat. You were made out of the ground. You will return to it when you die. You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham spoke up again. He said, “I have been very bold to speak to the Lord. After all, I’m only dust and ashes.

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed a man. He made him out of the dust of the ground. God breathed the breath of life into him. And the man became a living person.

Genesis 23:4

“I’m an outsider. I’m a stranger among you. Sell me some property where I can bury those in my family who die. Then I can bury my wife.”

Genesis 3:18

You will eat plants from the field, even though the ground produces thorns and prickly weeds.

Genesis 5:5

Adam lived a total of 930 years. And then he died.

Job 1:21

He said, “I was born naked. And I’ll leave here naked. The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away. May the name of the Lord be praised.”

Job 10:9

Remember, you molded me like clay. So are you going to turn me back into dust?

Job 19:26

Though my skin will be destroyed, in my body I’ll see God.

Job 21:26

Side by side they lie in the dust of death. The worms in their graves cover all of them.

Job 34:15

Then everyone would die together. They would return to the dust.

Job 4:19

So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are made out of dust. They can be crushed more easily than a moth.

Psalm 103:14

He knows what we are made of. He remembers that we are dust.

Psalm 104:23

Then people get up and go to work. They keep working until evening.

Psalm 104:29

When you turn your face away from them, they are terrified. When you take away their breath, they die and turn back into dust.

Psalm 127:2

It’s useless for you to work from early morning until late at night just to get food to eat. God provides for those he loves even while they sleep.

Psalm 22:15

My mouth is dried up like a piece of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You bring me down to the edge of the grave.

Psalm 22:29

All rich people of the earth will feast and worship God. All who go down to the grave will kneel in front of him. Those who cannot keep themselves alive will kneel.

Psalm 90:3

You turn human beings back to dust. You say to them, “Return to dust.”

Proverbs 21:16

Whoever leaves the path of understanding ends up with those who are dead.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I decided to study things carefully. I used my wisdom to check everything out. I looked into everything that is done on earth. What a heavy load God has put on human beings!

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What do people get for all their work? Why do they work so hard on this earth?

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Remember your Creator before you return to the dust you came from. Remember him before your spirit goes back to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 3:20

People and animals go to the same place. All of them come from dust. And all of them return to dust.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

Everyone is born naked. They come into the world with nothing. And they go out of it with nothing. They don’t get anything from their work that they can take with them.

Daniel 12:2

Many people who lie dead in their graves will wake up. Some will rise up to life that will never end. Others will rise up to shame that will never end.

1 Corinthians 15:47

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

Ephesians 4:28

Anyone who has been stealing must never steal again. Instead, they must work. They must do something useful with their own hands. Then they will have something to give to people in need.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

Brothers and sisters, I am sure you remember how hard we worked. We labored night and day while we preached to you God’s good news. We didn’t want to cause you any expense.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

Even when we were with you, we gave you a rule. We said, “Anyone who won’t work shouldn’t be allowed to eat.”

Hebrews 9:27

People have to die once. After that, God will judge them.