Genesis 3:12

The Message

The Man said, “The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it.” God said to the Woman, “What is this that you’ve done?”

Cross References

Proverbs 28:13

You can’t whitewash your sins and get by with it; you find mercy by admitting and leaving them.

Luke 10:29

Looking for a loophole, he asked, “And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?”

Proverbs 19:3

People ruin their lives by their own stupidity, so why does God always get blamed?

Genesis 2:18

God said, “It’s not good for the Man to be alone; I’ll make him a helper, a companion.” So God formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name. The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn’t find a suitable companion.

Genesis 3:11

God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?”

1 Samuel 15:15

“Only some Amalekite loot,” said Saul. “The soldiers saved back a few of the choice cattle and sheep to offer up in sacrifice to God. But everything else we destroyed under the holy ban.”