Genesis 3:19
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.
King James Version
In Context
18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
20And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Cross References
Genesis 5:5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Genesis 23:4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Job 19:26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Job 34:15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Psalms 22:29All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:18-20
Sentence Passed on Adam; Consequences of the Fall. ( b. c. 4004.) 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for… Read the whole commentary →