Bible Verses about “curiosity”

“¶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”

“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.”

“¶ Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”

“¶ Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”

“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”

“¶ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;”

“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

“¶ 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.”

“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:”

“For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”

“Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;”

“And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.”

“¶ And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”

“But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.”

“And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.”

“So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”

“And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:”

“¶ And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?”

“And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.”

“Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.”

“¶ Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.”

“¶ And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.”

“And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.”

“¶ And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou?”

“¶ And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:”

“And he said unto them, ‹It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.›”

“¶ [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.”

“Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:”

“Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.”

“¶ Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.”

“Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what [shall] this man [do]?”

“Jesus saith unto him, ‹If I will that he tarry till I come, what› [is that] ‹to thee? follow thou me.›”

“And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.”

“And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [is]?”

“And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.”

“And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long [season], because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.”

“And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:”

“For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.”

“(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)”

“Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for [lack of] five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy [it].”

“And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do [it] for forty's sake.”

“And he said [unto him], Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do [it], if I find thirty there.”

“And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for twenty's sake.”

“And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten's sake.”

“The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable.”

“Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.”

“And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what [shall be] the end of these [things]?”

“And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words [are] closed up and sealed till the time of the end.”

“¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?”

“Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] therein?”