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Gen 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

In		Ecc 1:3,13; Eph 4:28; 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:10
till		Job 1:21; Psa 90:3; Psa 104:29; Ecc 5:15
for dust		Gen 2:7; Gen 18:27
and		Gen 23:4; Job 17:13-16; Job 19:26; Job 21:26; Job 34:15; Psa 22:15,29; Psa 104:29; Pro 21:16; Ecc 3:20; Ecc 12:7; Dan 12:2; Rom 5:12-21; 1Cr 15:21,22

Correlating Passages

	Ecc 1:3	What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
	Ecc 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.
	Eph 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.
	1Th 2:9	For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
	2Th 3:10	For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

till

	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.
	Psa 90:3	Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
	Psa 104:29	Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
	Ecc 5:15	As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

for dust

	Gen 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.
	Gen 18:27	And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:

and

	Gen 23:4	I [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 17:13	If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
	Job 17:14	I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
	Job 17:15	And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
	Job 17:16	They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
	Job 19:26	And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:
	Job 21:26	They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
	Job 34:15	All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
	Psa 22:15	My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
	Psa 22:29	All [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.
	Psa 104:29	Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
	Pro 21:16	The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
	Ecc 3:20	All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
	Ecc 12:7	Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
	Dan 12:2	And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.
	Rom 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:
	Rom 5:13	(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
	Rom 5:14	Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
	Rom 5:15	But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
	Rom 5:16	And not as [it was] by one that sinned, [so is] the gift: for the judgment [was] by one to condemnation, but the free gift [is] of many offences unto justification.
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	1Cr 15:21	For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.
	1Cr 15:22	For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 3:19," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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