Genesis 4:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

If thou doest well

Be accepted

Job 29:4

Proverbs 21:27

Hebrews 11:4

Sin

Genesis 4:8

Romans 7:8

James 1:15

Bible References

If thou doest well

And 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.

All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

Therefore 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.

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

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:

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

To 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.

And 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.

But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

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

I 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.

For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

That 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.

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

But 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.

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Be accepted

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

By 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.

Sin

And 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.

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.