Genesis 3:14
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:”Genesis 3:14
What Does Genesis 3:14 Mean?
Genesis 3:14 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 3, verse 14 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Temptation.
Cross-References (14)
These passages are connected to Genesis 3:14 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Micah 7:17“They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.”Isaiah 65:25“The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.”Psalms 72:9“They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.”Isaiah 29:4“And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.”Genesis 4:11“And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;”Genesis 9:6“Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.”Leviticus 20:25“Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.”Deuteronomy 28:15“But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:”Exodus 21:28“If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.”Genesis 3:1“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”Leviticus 11:42“Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.”Deuteronomy 32:24“They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.”Numbers 21:6“And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.”Genesis 9:25“And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.”
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