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

And when Abner was come again to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate, to speak with him guilefully, and there smote him under the short ribs that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

Then said Absalom, "Then let my brother Amnon go with us." And the king answered, "What needeth it that he go with thee?"

And Joab said to Amasa, "Are all things in rest and peace my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the chin with the right hand, as though he would have kissed him.

Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, "Come and let us meet together in the villages upon the plain of the city Ono." Nevertheless, they thought to do me evil.

The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit; he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good.

Their mouths are softer than butter, and yet have they battle in their mind: their words are smoother than oil, and yet be they very swords.

An enemy dissembleth with his lips, and in the mean season he imagineth mischief;

for the son shall put his father to dishonour, the daughter shall rise against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: and a man's foes shall be even they of his own household.

And Jesus said unto him, "Judas, betrayest thou the son of man with a kiss?"

Cain rose

And thy handmaid had two sons which fought together in the fields where was no man to go between them, and the one slew the other.

Then mightest thou lift up thy face without shame! Then shouldest thou be sure, and have no need to fear.

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or, who shall rise up in his holy place?

Wilt thou not slay the wicked, O God, that the bloodthirsty might depart from me?

that upon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed upon the earth: from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar:

from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this nation.

and not be as Cain, which was of the devil and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? For his own deeds were evil, and his brother's righteous.

Woe be unto them, for they have followed the way of Cain, and are utterly given to the error of Balaam for lucre's sake, and are cast away in the treason of Korah.

General references

A righteous man falling down before the ungodly, is like a troubled well and a spring that is destroyed.

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.