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Genesis 4:5–7

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But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
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From verse 5

  1. Hebrews 11:4Rank 1 from verse 5
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    4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

  2. Job 5:2Rank 2 from verse 5
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    2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

  3. Acts 13:45Rank 3 from verse 5
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    45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

  4. Isaiah 3:10–11Rank 4 from verse 5
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    10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  5. Luke 15:28–30Rank 5 from verse 5
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    28And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

    29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

    30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

  6. Matthew 20:15Rank 6 from verse 5
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    15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

  7. Psalms 20:3Rank 7 from verse 5
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    3Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

  8. Genesis 31:2Rank 8 from verse 5
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    2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

  9. Genesis 31:5Rank 9 from verse 5
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    5And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

  10. Numbers 16:15Rank 10 from verse 5
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    15And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

From verse 6

  1. Isaiah 1:18Rank 1 from verse 6
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    18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  2. Job 5:2Rank 2 from verse 6
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    2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

  3. Luke 15:31–32Rank 3 from verse 6
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    31And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

    32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

  4. Jeremiah 2:31Rank 4 from verse 6
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    31¶ O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

  5. Matthew 20:15Rank 5 from verse 6
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    15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

  6. Micah 6:3–5Rank 6 from verse 6
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    3O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

    4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

    5O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.

  7. Jeremiah 2:5Rank 7 from verse 6
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    5¶ Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

  8. John 4:8–11Rank 8 from verse 6
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    8(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

    9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

    10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

    11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

  9. 1 Chronicles 13:11–13Rank 9 from verse 6
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    11And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.

    12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

    13So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  10. John 4:1–4Rank 10 from verse 6
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    1WHEN therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

    2(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

    3He left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee.

    4And he must needs go through Samaria.

From verse 7

  1. James 1:15Rank 1 from verse 7
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    15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

  2. Romans 2:6–10Rank 2 from verse 7
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    6Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

    7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

    8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

    9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

    10But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

  3. Isaiah 3:10–11Rank 3 from verse 7
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    10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  4. Romans 6:16Rank 4 from verse 7
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    16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

  5. Hebrews 11:4Rank 5 from verse 7
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    4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

  6. Numbers 32:23Rank 6 from verse 7
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    23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.

  7. Romans 12:1Rank 7 from verse 7
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    1I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

  8. Romans 7:8–9Rank 8 from verse 7
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    8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

    9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

  9. Proverbs 21:27Rank 9 from verse 7
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    27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

  10. Malachi 1:13Rank 10 from verse 7
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    13Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.

  11. Ecclesiastes 8:12–13Rank 11 from verse 7
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    12¶ Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

    13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

  12. Malachi 1:10Rank 12 from verse 7
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    10Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

  13. Acts 10:35Rank 13 from verse 7
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    35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

  14. Malachi 1:8Rank 14 from verse 7
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    8And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts.

  15. Romans 14:18Rank 15 from verse 7
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    18For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

  16. Jeremiah 6:20Rank 16 from verse 7
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    20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

  17. 1 Peter 2:5Rank 17 from verse 7
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    5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

  18. Proverbs 18:5Rank 18 from verse 7
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    5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  19. Job 42:8Rank 19 from verse 7
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    8Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

  20. Genesis 3:16Rank 20 from verse 7
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    16Unto 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.

  21. Romans 15:16Rank 21 from verse 7
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    16That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

  22. 2 Samuel 24:23Rank 22 from verse 7
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    23All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee.

  23. 1 Timothy 5:4Rank 23 from verse 7
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    4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

  24. Genesis 4:8–13Rank 24 from verse 7
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    8And Cain talked with 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.

    9¶ And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

    10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

    11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

    12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

    13And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

  25. Ephesians 1:6Rank 25 from verse 7
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    6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

  26. Genesis 19:21Rank 26 from verse 7
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    21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

  27. Job 29:4Rank 27 from verse 7
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    4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

  28. 2 Kings 8:28Rank 28 from verse 7
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    28¶ And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

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Genesis 4:5

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

offering

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Sense 1: A gift, contribution, sacrifice, or other thing presented to God or another. Sense 2: The act of presenting, bringing, or giving something; also the present-participial form of offer.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

respect

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Sense 1: Regard or consideration. Sense 2: Relation or reference. Sense 3: Honour. Sense 4: Partial favour. Sense 5: To show regard or honour to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

very

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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

countenance

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1. The face, or its appearance or expression. 2. Favour, regard, or presence expressed toward someone. 3. To favour or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fell

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1. Came or went down; dropped, bowed, lay flat, collapsed, or lost an upright or raised place. 2. Was slain, died, was overthrown, or came under another's hand or power. 3. Came upon, seized, or affected someone or something, or entered a stated condition such as sickness, sleep, fear, lusting, or a trance. 4. Attacked or set upon. 5. Happened or came to pass. 6. Joined, yielded, went over, or departed from a person, side, office, or former standing. 7. Was assigned or determined by lot or portion. 8. As the present verb fell, to cut or bring down a tree or other standing thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 4:6

COMBINED MEANING

art

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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

countenance

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1. The face, or its appearance or expression. 2. Favour, regard, or presence expressed toward someone. 3. To favour or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fallen

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1. Come or gone down from a higher or upright position; dropped or collapsed. 2. Slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or declined from a former position or state. 3. Come upon, into, under, or away from a person, thing, place, condition, influence, or relation. 4. Assigned or allotted. 5. In “fallen out,” happened or resulted. 6. In “fallen to,” gone over or surrendered to another side.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 4:7

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

accepted

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1. Received, approved, or regarded with favour. 2. Of a time, favourable.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

desire

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Sense 1: A wish, longing, request, pleasure, or thing wished for. Sense 2: To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rule

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Sense 1: To govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority. Sense 2: A standard, principle, prescribed order, measuring line, boundary, or allotted sphere.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4:1AND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

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

4:3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.

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

4:5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

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4:6And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

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4:7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

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4:8And Cain talked with 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.

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