Romans 8:20
"For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,"
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- Genesis 3:17
"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;"
Read in chapter → - Genesis 5:29
"And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed."
Read in chapter → - Romans 8:22
"For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 12:4
"How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 24:5
"The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 14:5
"Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass."
Read in chapter → - Hosea 4:3
"Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity."
Read in chapter → - Joel 1:18
"How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate."
Read in chapter → - Job 12:6
"The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly."
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