Genesis 4:12

New International Reader's Version

When you farm the land, it will not produce its crops for you anymore. You will be a restless person who wanders around on the earth.”

Cross References

Genesis 4:13

Cain said to the Lord, “You are punishing me more than I can take.

Genesis 4:14

Today you are driving me away from the land. I will be hidden from you. I’ll be a restless person who wanders around on the earth. Anyone who finds me will kill me.”

Psalm 107:34

He turned land that produced crops into a salty land where nothing could grow. He did it because the people who lived there were evil.

Psalm 109:10

May their children be driven from their destroyed homes. May they wander around like beggars.

Proverbs 28:17

Anyone troubled by the guilt of murder will seek to escape their guilt by death. No one should keep them from it.

Hosea 9:17

My God will turn his back on his people. They have not obeyed him. So they will wander among other nations.

Joel 1:10

Our fields are wiped out. The ground is dried up. The grain is destroyed. The fresh wine is gone. And there isn’t any more olive oil.

Leviticus 26:17

I will turn against you. Then your enemies will win the battle over you. Those who hate you will rule over you. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.

Leviticus 26:20

You will work with all your strength, but it will not do you any good. That is because your soil will not produce any crops. The trees of your land will not bear any fruit.

Leviticus 26:36

“ ‘Some of you will be left in the lands of your enemies. I will fill your hearts with fear. The sound of a leaf blown by the wind will scare you away. You will run as if you were escaping from swords. You will fall down, even though no one is chasing you.

Romans 8:20

The created world was held back from fulfilling its purpose. But this was not the result of its own choice. It was planned that way by the one who held it back. God planned

Deuteronomy 28:15

But suppose you don’t obey the Lord your God. And you aren’t careful to obey all his commands and rules I’m giving you today. Then he will send curses on you. They’ll catch up with you. Here are those curses.