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
A more
He obtained
And by
Bible References
Faith
1 John 3:11
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
A more
Hebrews 9:22
And, indeed, according to the law, almost all things are cleansed by blood; and without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.
Jude 1:11
Alas for them! for they have gone in the way of Cain: and, in the error of Balaam, they have rushed headlong after reward, and have perished in the rebellion of Korah.
He obtained
Matthew 23:35
that upon you may come all the righteous blood which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just to the blood of Zachariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.
Luke 11:51
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the temple; yes, I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.
And by
Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses lying round about us, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that lies before us,
Matthew 23:35
that upon you may come all the righteous blood which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just to the blood of Zachariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.