20 For the creation was not willingly subjected to vanity, but through Him subjecting it, on hope;
Romans 8:20 Cross References - LITV
Genesis 3:17-19
17 And He said to the man, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat from it, the ground shall be cursed because of you; you shall eat of it in sorrow all the days of your life.
18 And it shall bring forth thorns and thistles for you, and you shall eat the plant of the field.
19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until your return to the ground. For you have been taken out of it; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
Genesis 5:29
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands because of the ground which the Lord has cursed.
Genesis 6:13
13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. And behold, I will destroy them along with the earth.
Job 12:6-10
6 The tents of plunderers and those provoking God are at ease, to whomever God brings into his hand.
7 But now please ask the animals, and they will teach you; and the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will recount to you;
9 who of all these does not know that Jehovah's hand has done this?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh, even of man?
Ecclesiastes 1:2
2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity!
Isaiah 24:5-6
5 And the earth is profaned under its inhabitants, because they transgress laws and violate a statute, and break the everlasting covenant.
6 On account of this a curse has devoured the land; and they who live in it are held guilty. For this the dwellers of the land are consumed, and few men are left.
Jeremiah 12:4
4 Until when shall the land mourn, and the grass of every field wither from the evil of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds are swept away, because they said, He will not see our last end.
Jeremiah 12:11
11 One has made it desolate; it mourns to Me. The whole land is a desolation, but no man lays it to heart.
Jeremiah 14:5-6
Hosea 4:3
3 On account of this the land shall mourn, and every one living in it shall droop, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven; yes, also the fish of the sea shall be removed.
Joel 1:18
18 How the beasts groan! The herds of livestock are vexed, for there is no pasture for them. Even the flocks of sheep are perishing.
Romans 8:22
22 For we know that all the creation groans together and travails together until now.