Genesis 3:6

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Cross-references

Genesis 3:17 Historical context

In Genesis 3:17, God pronounces judgment on Adam for eating, revealing the curse that stems directly from the sin.

Genesis 3:12 Historical context

In Genesis 3:12, Adam blames Eve, showing the immediate consequence of their disobedience and evasion of responsibility.

In Genesis 39:7, Potiphar's wife sees Joseph as attractive and desires him—similar visual temptation, but Joseph resists.

Genesis 6:2 Parallel

In Genesis 6:2, the sons of God see human women as beautiful and choose them—paralleling visual attraction leading to action.

In Genesis 13:10, Lot's choice based on sight parallels Eve's desire-driven decision, though with different consequences.

1 John 2:16 Allusion

In 1 John 2:16, the three temptations—lust of flesh, eyes, and pride of life—mirror Eve's desires exactly.

In 1 Timothy 2:14, Paul notes that Eve was deceived in the fall—directly referencing her temptation in Genesis 3.

In Romans 5:12-19, Adam's sin is presented as the origin of sin's spread to all humanity, forming a key theological contrast.

In Matthew 5:28, Jesus equates lustful looking with adultery—deepening the principle that visual desire can be sinful.

Job 31:1 Contrast

In Job 31:1, Job covenants with his eyes to prevent lustful looking—contrasting Eve's yield to visual temptation.

In 2 Samuel 11:2, David sees Bathsheba as beautiful and desires her—mirroring visual temptation leading to sin.

Joshua 7:21 Parallel

In Joshua 7:21, Achan says 'I saw... I coveted... I took' — mirroring Eve's identical pattern of seeing desire and taking what was forbidden.

In Proverbs 9:17, 'stolen water is sweet' — the forbidden is always more appealing, exactly the lure Eve felt toward the tree's fruit.

In Proverbs 20:17, food gained by fraud tastes sweet at first but ends as gravel — mirroring the forbidden fruit's deceptive appeal and bitter result.

Ezekiel 23:16 describes Oholibah seeing Babylonians with her eyes and lusting — the same pattern of visual desire leading to transgression as Eve 'saw' the fruit was desirable.

Romans 5:16 Allusion

Romans 5:16 references how the one trespass of Adam brought condemnation for all — the theological consequence of Adam eating alongside Eve in the garden.

Romans 5:17 Allusion

Romans 5:17 explains death reigned through Adam's trespass — Adam's eating the fruit is the act through which death entered and ruled over humanity.

Romans 7:7 Parallel

Romans 7:7 says the law awakened coveting — Eve's desire for the forbidden fruit illustrates how a prohibition ('you shall not eat') can stir the very longing it forbids.

1 Corinthians 15:22 declares 'in Adam all die' — Adam's act of eating is the original trespass that brought death upon all humanity.

James 1:15 Parallel

In James 1:15, the desire-sin-death progression is named: Eve's seeing, coveting, and taking perfectly illustrate this spiral from desire to death.

In Exodus 20:17, the command against coveting directly addresses the desire that motivated Eve's action in 3:6.

Ecclesiastes 7:29 says God made humans upright but they pursued many schemes — capturing how Eve and Adam's choice to eat the fruit exemplifies humanity's departure from God's original design.

Mark 9:47 Parallel

Mark 9:47 warns the eye can lead to sin and must be dealt with drastically — the eye as pathway to temptation, as Eve's seeing the fruit was good initiated her fall.

Job 20:12 Parallel

In Job 20:12, evil is described as sweet in the mouth — echoing how the forbidden fruit appeared good and desirable, only to bring ruin.

In Ecclesiastes 2:10, the Preacher pursued everything his eyes desired — same pattern of satisfying visual desire as Eve saw and took.

In 1 Kings 21:2, Ahab covets Naboth's vineyard after seeing it — mirroring how desire arising from sight drives the first sin.