Genesis 4:11
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
Cross-reference
Genesis 4:14 is Cain's own echo of this punishment — 'driven from the land,' a restless wanderer. The curse pronounced here becomes his lived experience of exile and hiddenness from God.
Genesis 4:25 tells of Seth's birth — God providing another offspring to replace Abel, whose murder triggered the curse pronounced here.
Genesis 3:14 uses the same 'cursed' language against the serpent, with the ground as the locus of judgment. Cain's curse mirrors the serpent's — both marked by degradation from the ground.
Genesis 5:29 names Noah as one who brings relief 'from the ground the LORD has cursed' — explicitly echoing the cursed ground theme declared here.
Genesis 9:25 declares 'Cursed be Canaan' — another pronouncement of a specific curse on a person's line for sin, paralleling God's curse on Cain.
Job 31:38-40 says if he'd sinned against his land, let thorns grow instead of grain — directly paralleling cursed ground refusing to yield for sin.
Isaiah 26:21 says the earth will disclose shed blood and no longer cover its slain — echoing the ground responding to bloodshed with divine judgment.
In 1 Kings 2:32, Solomon declares Joab's bloodshed will return on his head — the same principle of divine bloodguilt accountability applied to Cain.
In Numbers 16:32, the earth 'opens its mouth' to swallow Korah's rebels — the same vivid personification of earth as an agent of divine judgment against grievous sin.
Job 16:18 asks the earth not to cover his blood — echoing Abel's blood crying from the ground, the very event that triggered this curse.
Deuteronomy 28 lists covenant curses including unproductive ground for disobedience — the same principle of land refusing to yield as divine judgment for sin.