Abel and Cain

7 passages

1. Hebrews 11:4

   By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

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2. 1 John 3:12

   Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

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3. Hebrews 12:24

   to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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4. Genesis 4:8

   Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

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5. Genesis 4:1

   And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.

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6. Genesis 4:24

   If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

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7. Jude 1:11

   Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

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