Genesis 3:4

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““You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.”

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““You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.”

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“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:”

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“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:”

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“And the serpent saith unto the woman, `Dying, ye do not die,”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 3:4 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 3:13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
  2. Deuteronomy 29:19because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
  3. 2 Kings 1:4Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
  4. 2 Kings 1:6They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
  5. 2 Kings 1:16And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
  6. 2 Kings 8:10Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
  7. 2 Chronicles 18:21And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
  8. Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
  9. John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
  10. 2 Corinthians 2:11in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
  11. 2 Corinthians 11:3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
  12. 1 Timothy 2:14And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

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