Cross-referencesExplore similar Bible verses on Psalm 127:2 in English Standard Version "It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep." Ge 3:17 And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;Ge 3:19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”Ps 60:5 That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us!Mr 4:26 And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.