Genesis 3:22

New International Reader's Version

The Lord God said, “Just like one of us, the man can now tell the difference between good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out and pick fruit from the tree of life and eat it. If he does, he will live forever.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let us make human beings so that they are like us. Let them rule over the fish in the seas and the birds in the sky. Let them rule over the livestock and all the wild animals. And let them rule over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

Genesis 2:9

The Lord God made every kind of tree grow out of the ground. The trees were pleasing to look at. Their fruit was good to eat. There were two trees in the middle of the garden. One of them had fruit that let people live forever. The other had fruit that let people tell the difference between good and evil.

Genesis 3:21

The Lord God made clothes out of animal skins for Adam and his wife to wear.

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God drove the man out of the Garden of Eden. He sent the man to farm the ground he had been made from.

Genesis 3:5

“God knows that when you eat fruit from that tree, you will know things you have never known before. Like God, you will be able to tell the difference between good and evil.”

Psalm 22:26

Those who are poor will eat and be satisfied. Those who seek the Lord will praise him. May their hearts be filled with new hope!

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her. Those who hold her close will be blessed.

Jeremiah 22:23

Some of you live in Jerusalem in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. You are comfortable in your cedar buildings. But you will groan when pain comes on you. It will be like the pain of a woman having a baby.

Revelation 2:7

‘Whoever has ears should listen to what the Holy Spirit says to the churches. Here is what I will do for anyone who has victory over sin. I will let that person eat from the tree of life in God’s paradise.’

Revelation 22:14

“Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will have the right to come to the tree of life. They will be allowed to go through the gates into the city.

Revelation 22:2

It flowed down the middle of the city’s main street. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing 12 crops of fruit. Its fruit was ripe every month. The leaves of the tree bring healing to the nations.