Gen 2:15, 3:19, Pro 14:23 | ESV | STEP | The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

c Job 34:15; Ps. 104:29; Eccles. 3:20; 12:7; Rom. 5:12

Genesis 2:15

15 The Lord God took the man ^aand put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

Genesis 3:19

19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
^bfor you are dust,
and ^cto dust you shall return.”

Proverbs 14:23

23 In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk ^dtends only to poverty.