Verse 4

By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain: by whiche he was witnessed to be ryghteous, God testifiyng of his gyftes: by which also he beyng dead, yet speaketh.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:3-5 : 3 And in processe of dayes it came to passe, that Cain brought of the fruite of the grounde, an oblation vnto ye lorde: 4 Habel also brought of the firstlynges of his sheepe, & of the fatte thereof: and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his oblation. 5 But vnto Cain and to his offeryng he had no respect: for the whiche cause Cain was exceedyng wroth, and his countenaunce abated.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 And he sayde: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde.
  • Matt 23:35 : 35 That vpon you may come all the ryghteous blood, which hath ben shed vpon the earth, from the blood of ryghteous Abel, vnto the blood of Zacharias, sonne of Barachias, whom ye slewe betwene the temple & the aulter.
  • Heb 12:24 : 24 And to Iesus the mediatour of the newe couenaunt, and to the blood of sprinklyng, that speaketh better then that of Abel.
  • Jude 1:11 : 11 Wo be vnto the, for they haue folowed the way of Cain, and are vtterly geuen to the errour of Balaam for lucres sake, and perishe in the gaynsaying of Core.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhomination: howe muche more when they offer the thing that is gotten with wickednesse?
  • Gen 4:25 : 25 Adam knewe his wyfe agayne, and she bare a sonne, and called his name Seth: For God sayde she hath appoynted me another seede in steade of Habel whom Cain slewe.
  • Lev 9:24 : 24 And there came a fire out from before the Lorde, and consumed vpon the aulter the burnt offering & the fat: Whiche when all the people sawe, they gaue thankes, and fell on their faces.
  • 1 Kgs 18:38 : 38 And the fire of the Lord fel, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the duste, and licked vp the water that was in the pit.
  • Gen 4:8 : 8 And Cain talked with Habel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the fielde, Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother, & slewe him.
  • 1 John 3:11-12 : 11 For this is the tidynges that ye heard from the begynnyng, that ye shoulde loue one another. 12 Not as Cain, which was of that wicked, and slewe his brother: And wherfore slewe he hym? Because his owne workes were euyll, and his brothers good.
  • Luke 11:51 : 51 From the blood of Abel, vnto ye blood of Zacharie, whiche perished betwene the aulter & the temple: Ueryly I saye vnto you, it shalbe required of this nation.
  • Heb 9:22 : 22 And almost all thynges are by ye lawe pourged with blood, and without sheddyng of blood is no remission.
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 Wherfore, seyng that we are compassed with so great a cloude of witnesses, lay away all that presseth downe, & the sinne that hangeth so fast on, let vs run with patience vnto the battayle that is set before vs:
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They confesse that they knowe God: but with workes they denie hym, seyng they are abhominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.
  • Gen 4:15 : 15 And the Lorde said vnto him: Uerely whosoeuer slayeth Cain, he shalbe punished seuen folde. And the Lorde set a marke vpon Cain, lest any man fyndyng hym shoulde kyll hym.