1 John 3:12

Good News Translation

We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.

Cross References

Genesis 4:25

Adam and his wife had another son. She said, “God has given me a son to replace Abel, whom Cain killed.” So she named him Seth.

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom hated Amnon so much for having raped his sister Tamar that he would no longer even speak to him.

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plot against good people and glare at them with hate.

Psalm 38:20

Those who pay back evil for good are against me because I try to do right.

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel and destructive, but it is nothing compared to jealousy.

Proverbs 29:10

Bloodthirsty people hate anyone who's honest, but righteous people will protect the life of such a person.

Proverbs 29:27

The righteous hate the wicked, and the wicked hate the righteous.

Matthew 13:19

Those who hear the message about the Kingdom but do not understand it are like the seeds that fell along the path. The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in them.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world; the good seed is the people who belong to the Kingdom; the weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One;

Matthew 23:35

As a result, the punishment for the murder of all innocent people will fall on you, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.

Matthew 27:23

But Pilate asked, “What crime has he committed?” Then they started shouting at the top of their voices: “Crucify him!”

Matthew 5:37

Just say ‘Yes’ or ‘No’—anything else you say comes from the Evil One.

Luke 11:51

from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the Holy Place. Yes, I tell you, the people of this time will be punished for them all!

John 10:32

Jesus said to them, “I have done many good deeds in your presence which the Father gave me to do; for which one of these do you want to stone me?”

John 8:40

All I have ever done is to tell you the truth I heard from God, yet you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like this!

John 8:41

You are doing what your father did.” “God himself is the only Father we have,” they answered, “and we are his true children.”

Acts 7:52

Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.

1 Thessalonians 2:14

Our friends, the same things happened to you that happened to the churches of God in Judea, to the people there who belong to Christ Jesus. You suffered the same persecutions from your own people that they suffered from the Jews,

Hebrews 11:4

It was faith that made Abel offer to God a better sacrifice than Cain's. Through his faith he won God's approval as a righteous man, because God himself approved of his gifts. By means of his faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.

Hebrews 12:24

You have come to Jesus, who arranged the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that promises much better things than does the blood of Abel.

1 Peter 4:4

And now the heathen are surprised when you do not join them in the same wild and reckless living, and so they insult you.

1 John 3:8

Whoever continues to sin belongs to the Devil, because the Devil has sinned from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for this very reason, to destroy what the Devil had done.

Jude 1:11

How terrible for them! They have followed the way that Cain took. For the sake of money they have given themselves over to the error that Balaam committed. They have rebelled as Korah rebelled, and like him they are destroyed.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's people and the blood of those who were killed because they had been loyal to Jesus. When I saw her, I was completely amazed.