Hebrews 11:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Faith

Genesis 4:3

1 John 3:11

A more

Jude 1:11

He obtained

And by

Hebrews 12:1

Genesis 4:10

Matthew 23:35

Bible References

Faith

So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground.

For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

A more

And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination,
How much more when he brings it with evil intent!

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.

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.

He obtained

Then fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

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.’

And by

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.