Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Romans 8:20 in English Standard Version "For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope" 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 3:18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. Ec 1:2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.