Genesis 4:4

Free Bible Version

Abel also brought an offering: the firstborn lambs of his flock, selecting the very best parts to offer. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,

Cross References

Genesis 15:17

After the sun set and it grew dark, suddenly a smoking furnace and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the animal carcasses.

Genesis 4:3

Sometime later Cain brought some of the produce he'd grown as an offering to the Lord.

1 Kings 18:24

Then you call on your god by name, and I will call on the Lord by name. The god who replies by sending fire—he is God.” Then all the people said, “We agree to what you say.”

1 Kings 18:38

Then the fire of the Lord came down and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the soil—it even licked up the water in the ditch!

1 Chronicles 21:26

David built an altar to the Lord there and presented burnt offerings and friendship offerings. He called on the Lord in prayer, and the Lord answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

2 Chronicles 7:1

When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and burned up the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the Temple.

Psalm 20:3

May the Lord remember all your offerings, and accept all your burnt sacrifices. Selah.

Exodus 13:12

you are to present to the Lord all firstborn males, human or animal. The firstborn males of your livestock all belong to the Lord.

Proverbs 3:9

Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all the crops you grow.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I observed that every skill in work comes from competition with others. Once again this is hard to understand, like trying to hold on to the elusive wind.

Leviticus 9:24

Fire came from the presence of the Lord and burned up the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. When everyone saw this, they shouted for joy and fell down with their faces to the ground.

Numbers 16:15

Moses got really angry and said to the Lord, “Don't accept their offerings. I have never taken even a donkey from them or treated any of them badly.”

Numbers 16:35

Fire burst out from the Lord and burned up the 250 men who were offering incense.

Numbers 18:12

I am giving you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain that the Israelites give as firstfruits to the Lord.

Numbers 18:17

But you are not allowed to redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat because they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and burn their fat as a burnt offering accepted by the Lord.

Hebrews 11:4

By trusting him Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain, and as a result God identified him as someone who lived right. God showed this by accepting his offering. Even though Abel has been dead for a long time, he still speaks to us through what he did.

Hebrews 9:22

According to ceremonial law, almost everything is made clean with blood, and without shedding blood nothing is made ritually free from the stain of sin.

Revelation 13:8

Everybody living on earth will worship him, those whose names had not been written in the book of life—the book of life that belongs to the Lamb slain from the beginning of the world.

Judges 6:21

The angel of the Lord held out the staff he was holding and touched the meat and unleavened bread with the tip. Fire flamed from the rock and burned up the meat and unleavened bread. Then the angel vanished.

1 Samuel 15:22

“Does the Lord prefer burnt offerings and sacrifices, or obedience to what he says?” Samuel asked. “Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice. Paying attention is more important than offering the fat of rams.