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Genesis 4:12-14

12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear.

14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

Cross References for Genesis 4:12-14

Genesis 2:5 - and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprun... Click to read the verse Genesis 2:5 Click to read the verse Genesis 2:5

Psalms 104:14 - He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate— bringing forth food from t... Click to read the verse Psalms 104:14 Click to read the verse Psalms 104:14

Genesis 3:23 - So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been ... Click to read the verse Genesis 3:23 Click to read the verse Genesis 3:23

Genesis 4:14 - Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a re... Click to read the verse Genesis 4:14 Click to read the verse Genesis 4:14

Hosea 9:17 - My God will reject them because they have not obeyed him; they will be wanderers among the nati... Click to read the verse Hosea 9:17 Click to read the verse Hosea 9:17

Romans 8:20 - For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the on... Click to read the verse Romans 8:20 Click to read the verse Romans 8:20

Genesis 3:17-18 - To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I command... Click to read the verse Genesis 3:17-18 Click to read the verse Genesis 3:17-18

Psalms 109:10 - May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes. Click to read the verse Psalms 109:10 Click to read the verse Psalms 109:10

Deuteronomy 28:65-66 - Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There ... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:65-66 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:65-66

Leviticus 26:36 - “‘As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their e... Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:36 Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:36

Leviticus 26:20 - Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the t... Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:20 Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:20

Deuteronomy 28:23-24 - The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron. Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:23-24 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:23-24

Jeremiah 20:3-4 - The next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 20:3-4 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 20:3-4

Genesis 8:21 - The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground... Click to read the verse Genesis 8:21 Click to read the verse Genesis 8:21

Genesis 17:18 - And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!” Click to read the verse Genesis 17:18 Click to read the verse Genesis 17:18

Job 31:39 - if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants, Click to read the verse Job 31:39 Click to read the verse Job 31:39

Joel 2:22 - Be not afraid, O wild animals, for the open pastures are becoming green. The trees are bearing ... Click to read the verse Joel 2:22 Click to read the verse Joel 2:22

Acts 19:13 - Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus o... Click to read the verse Acts 19:13 Click to read the verse Acts 19:13

Job 15:23 - He wanders about—food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. Click to read the verse Job 15:23 Click to read the verse Job 15:23