Genesis 4:5
but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast.
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- Heb 11:4 : 4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.
- Gen 31:5 : 5 There he said to them,“I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, but the God of my father has been with me.
- Num 16:15 : 15 Moses was very angry, and he said to the LORD,“Have no respect for their offering! I have not taken so much as one donkey from them, nor have I harmed any one of them!”
- Job 5:2 : 2 For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
- Ps 20:3 : 3 May he take notice of all your offerings; may he accept your burnt sacrifice!(Selah)
- Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done. 11 Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
- Matt 20:15 : 15 Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
- Luke 15:28-30 : 28 But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him, 29 but he answered his father,‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends! 30 But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
- Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.
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- Gen 4:6-1611 verses88%
6 Then the LORD said to Cain,“Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?
7 Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”
8 Cain said to his brother Abel,“Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
9 Then the LORD said to Cain,“Where is your brother Abel?” And he replied,“I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?”
10 But the LORD said,“What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!
11 So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
12 When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”
13 Then Cain said to the LORD,“My punishment is too great to endure!
14 Look! You are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.”
15 But the LORD said to him,“All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the LORD put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.
16 So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
- Gen 4:2-43 verses85%
2 Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.
3 At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the LORD.
4 But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock– even the fattest of them. And the LORD was pleased with Abel and his offering,
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12 not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.
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4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.
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1 Jonah Responds to God’s Kindness This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry.
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59 God heard and was angry; he completely rejected Israel.
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13 You also do this: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears as you weep and groan, because he no longer pays any attention to the offering nor accepts it favorably from you.
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18 lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.
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15 Moses was very angry, and he said to the LORD,“Have no respect for their offering! I have not taken so much as one donkey from them, nor have I harmed any one of them!”
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19 A Word of Judgment But the LORD took note and despised them because his sons and daughters enraged him.
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17 The sin of these young men was very great in the LORD’s sight, for they treated the LORD’s offering with contempt.
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17 I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.
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16 פ(Pe) The LORD himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. They did not honor the priests; they did not show favor to the elders.
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5 When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he was filled with rage.
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4 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.
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29 Why are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.’
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17 For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.
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24 If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!”
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6 “Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in.