Hebrews 11:4

American Standard Version (1901)

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

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  • Gen 4:3-5 : 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto Jehovah. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
  • Matt 23:35 : 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
  • Heb 12:24 : 24 and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than [that of] Abel.
  • Jude 1:11 : 11 Woe unto them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!
  • Gen 4:25 : 25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For, [said she], God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.
  • Lev 9:24 : 24 And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
  • 1 Kgs 18:38 : 38 Then the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
  • Gen 4:8 : 8 And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
  • 1 John 3:11-12 : 11 For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another: 12 not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
  • Luke 11:51 : 51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.
  • Heb 9:22 : 22 And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
  • Gen 4:15 : 15 And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.

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  • Heb 11:1-3
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    1Now faith is assurance of [things] hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

    2For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

    3By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

  • Gen 4:2-5
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    2And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

    3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto Jehovah.

    4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

    5but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

  • Heb 11:5-11
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    5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:

    6And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing [unto him] ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

    7By faith Noah, being warned [of God] concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

    9By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

    10for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

    11By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised:

  • Heb 11:17-20
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    17By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son] ;

    18[ even he] to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

    19accounting that God [is] able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back.

    20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

  • Heb 12:24
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    24and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than [that of] Abel.

  • Gen 4:8
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    8And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

  • Heb 11:27-28
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    27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

    28By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

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    39And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

  • Jas 2:21-22
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    21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

    22Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect;

  • Heb 11:13
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    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Heb 7:8
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    8And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

  • Gen 4:10
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    10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

  • Rom 4:3
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    3For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

  • Gal 3:6
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    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

  • Rom 4:19
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    19And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;

  • Rom 4:5
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    5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

  • Heb 11:33
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    33who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

  • 1 John 3:12
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    12not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

  • Jas 2:17
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    17Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

  • Heb 13:15
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    15Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.

  • Heb 11:22
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    22By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.

  • Jas 2:26
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    26For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

  • Rom 4:17
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    17(as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

  • Rom 4:22
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    22Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.