Genesis 4:12 intensifies this curse for Cain, specifying the ground will no longer yield its strength to him.

Job 31:40 curses himself to have thistles replace wheat — the same cursed-earth imagery as Genesis 3:18, used as a self-imprecation of barrenness.

Isaiah 5:6 depicts God's judgment on a vineyard: briers and thorns replace fruitful vines — the same cursed-earth imagery as the fall's agricultural consequence.

Jeremiah 12:13 uses thorns as a symbol of a curse and unproductive labor, directly echoing the thorns and thistles from the ground's curse here.

Hebrews 6:8 directly references 'thorns and thistles' as worthless and near to being cursed, applying the image from the fall to spiritual apostasy.

Deuteronomy 28:16 curses 'the field' for covenant-breaking — echoing the original curse on agricultural productivity here.

In Matthew 13:7, thorns represent worldly cares that choke spiritual growth, echoing the physical curse but applied to a spiritual context.

Job 5:5 depicts thorns surrounding a harvest the hungry steal — hardship in working the ground, echoing the cursed earth bringing forth thorns.

Psalm 104:14 shows God providing plants for food, offering a contrast to the cursed, toilsome ground.

Proverbs 24:31 describes a neglected field overgrown with thorns — the same image of land overtaken by cursed vegetation rather than fruitful growth.

Isaiah 7:23 envisions prosperous vineyards reverting to briers and thorns as judgment — the same barren vegetation as the curse on the ground.

Isaiah 24:5 describes the earth 'defiled' by transgression — the same pattern of the ground cursed because of human sin.

Isaiah 32:13 foresees thorns and briers covering the land and its joyful houses — desolation echoing the cursed ground's unproductive growth.