Genesis 4:8

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Summary

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.

Talked

Cain rose

General references

Proverbs 25:26

Matthew 10:36

Bible References

Talked

So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly so that he died on account of the blood of Asahel his brother.

Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” And the king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”

Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

then Sanballat and Geshem sent a message to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together at Chephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

He who hates disguises it with his lips,
But he lays up deceit in his heart.

For son treats father contemptuously,
Daughter rises up against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.

But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

Cain rose

Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled together in the field, and there was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him.

“Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect,
And you would be steadfast and not fear.

Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?
And who may stand in His holy place?

O that You would slay the wicked, O God;

Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.’

not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

General references

Like a trampled spring and a polluted well
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household.