Genesis 3:19
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”Genesis 3:19
What Does Genesis 3:19 Mean?
Genesis 3:19 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 3, verse 19 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 3:19 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Thessalonians 3:10“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”Ecclesiastes 12:7“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”Genesis 2:17“But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”Genesis 2:7“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”Romans 5:12“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”Job 34:15“All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.”Psalms 104:29“Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.”Job 1:21“And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”Psalms 90:3“Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.”Psalms 103:14“For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.”Romans 6:23“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”Hebrews 9:27“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”Psalms 104:23“Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.”Ecclesiastes 3:20“All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.”Ecclesiastes 1:13“And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.”Ephesians 4:28“Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.”Job 10:9“Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?”Psalms 146:4“His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.”Job 4:19“How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?”1 Corinthians 15:21“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.”
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