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
He obtained
Bible References
Faith
Genesis 4:3
And it fortuned, in process of time, that Cain brought of the fruit of the earth an offering unto the LORD.
1 John 3:11
For this is the tidings, that ye heard at the beginning, that we should love one another:
A more
Hebrews 9:22
And almost all things are, by the law, purged with blood, and without shedding of blood, is no remission.
Proverbs 15:8
The LORD abhorreth the sacrifice of the ungodly; but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable to him.
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the ungodly is abomination, for they offer the thing that is gotten with wickedness.
Titus 1:16
They confess that they know God: but with the deeds they deny him and are abominable, and disobedient, and unto all good works discommendable.
Jude 1:11
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.
He obtained
Leviticus 9:24
And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar: the burnt offering and the fat. And all the people saw it and shouted, and fell on their faces.
1 Kings 18:38
And there fell fire from the LORD and consumed the sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the gutter.
Matthew 23:35
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:
Luke 11:51
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 by
Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore let us also - seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses - lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us,
Genesis 4:10
And he said, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cryeth unto me out of the earth.
Matthew 23:35
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: