Cross references

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 3:6 BSB

Genesis 3:6 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 17 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 John 2:16 (35 votes) and James 1:14–15 (28 votes). 43 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Genesis 3 to 1 John 2.

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Which verses does Genesis 3:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 1 John 2:1635 votes

    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

  2. But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

  3. And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

  4. One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

  5. Joshua 7:2110 votes

    When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

  6. Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law. …

  7. the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

  8. Hosea 6:79 votes

    But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

  9. “Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.

  10. And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,

  11. And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

  12. And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

  13. Job 31:16 votes

Which verses point to Genesis 3:6?

The 10 strongest of 43.