Genesis 2:17

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

Cross References (42)

  • Romans 6:23 (27)

    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • James 1:15 (24)

    Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

  • Genesis 3:19 (20)

    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For

  • 1 Corinthians 15:56 (18)

    The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:22 (17)

    For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

  • Revelation 21:8 (17)

    But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and al

  • Galatians 3:10 (17)

    All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do e

  • 1 John 5:16 (16)

    If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who com

  • Colossians 2:13 (16)

    When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. H

  • 1 Timothy 5:6 (15)

    But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

  • Ezekiel 18:32 (15)

    For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

  • Genesis 3:17 (14)

    And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I comman

  • Romans 7:10–13 (14)

    So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

  • Ephesians 2:1–6 (13)

    And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

  • Romans 1:32 (13)

    Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to d

  • Genesis 3:11 (12)

    “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to ea

  • Romans 5:12–21 (11)

    Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men,

  • Romans 6:16 (11)

    Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are s

  • Ephesians 5:14 (11)

    So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

  • Romans 8:2 (9)

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

  • Ezekiel 18:4 (9)

    Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

  • Revelation 20:14 (8)

    Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.

  • Ezekiel 3:18–20 (8)

    If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way

  • Ezekiel 33:8 (8)

    If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then

  • Deuteronomy 30:15 (7)

    See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, as well as death and disaster.

  • Deuteronomy 30:19 (7)

    I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing.

  • Ezekiel 18:13 (6)

    He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abomina

  • 1 Kings 2:42 (6)

    the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and

  • Genesis 2:9 (6)

    Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middl

  • Ezekiel 33:14 (6)

    But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—

  • Numbers 26:65 (6)

    For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh

  • 1 Samuel 14:39 (6)

    As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops sai

  • Genesis 20:7 (6)

    Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, b

  • Revelation 20:6 (6)

    Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will b

  • Deuteronomy 27:26 (6)

    ‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

  • 1 Samuel 20:31 (5)

    For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him

  • Revelation 2:11 (5)

    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the se

  • 1 Samuel 22:16 (5)

    But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”

  • Jeremiah 26:8 (5)

    and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prop

  • 1 Samuel 14:44 (5)

    And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”

  • Genesis 3:1–4 (4)

    Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did G

  • 1 Kings 2:37 (4)

    On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.