Genesis 4:10

Good News Translation

Then the Lord said, “Why have you done this terrible thing? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground, like a voice calling for revenge.

Cross References

Genesis 18:20

Then the Lord said to Abraham, “There are terrible accusations against Sodom and Gomorrah, and their sin is very great.

Genesis 3:13

The Lord God asked the woman, “Why did you do this?” She replied, “The snake tricked me into eating it.”

Genesis 9:5

If anyone takes human life, he will be punished. I will punish with death any animal that takes a human life.

2 Kings 9:26

‘I saw the murder of Naboth and his sons yesterday. And I promise that I will punish you here in this same field.’ So take Joram's body,” Jehu ordered his aide, “and throw it in the field that belonged to Naboth, so as to fulfill the Lord's promise.”

2 Chronicles 28:9

A man named Oded, a prophet of the Lord, lived in the city of Samaria. He met the returning Israelite army with its Judean prisoners as it was about to enter the city, and he said, “The Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah and let you defeat them, but now he has heard of the vicious way you slaughtered them.

Job 16:18

O Earth, don't hide the wrongs done to me! Don't let my call for justice be silenced!

Job 24:12

In the cities the wounded and dying cry out, but God ignores their prayers.

Psalm 50:21

You have done all this, and I have said nothing, so you thought that I am like you. But now I reprimand you and make the matter plain to you.

Psalm 72:14

He rescues them from oppression and violence; their lives are precious to him.

Psalm 9:12

God remembers those who suffer; he does not forget their cry, and he punishes those who wrong them.

Psalm 9:13

Be merciful to me, O Lord! See the sufferings my enemies cause me! Rescue me from death, O Lord,

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have seen how cruelly my people are being treated in Egypt; I have heard them cry out to be rescued from their slave drivers. I know all about their sufferings,

Isaiah 5:7

Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty; the people of Judah are the vines he planted. He expected them to do what was good, but instead they committed murder. He expected them to do what was right, but their victims cried out for justice.

Numbers 35:33

If you did this, you would defile the land where you are living. Murder defiles the land, and except by the death of the murderer there is no way to perform the ritual of purification for the land where someone has been murdered.

Acts 5:3

Peter said to him, “Ananias, why did you let Satan take control of you and make you lie to the Holy Spirit by keeping part of the money you received for the property?

Acts 5:9

So Peter said to her, “Why did you and your husband decide to put the Lord's Spirit to the test? The men who buried your husband are at the door right now, and they will carry you out too!”

Deuteronomy 21:1

“Suppose someone is found murdered in a field in the land that the Lord your God is going to give you, and you do not know who killed him.

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.

James 5:4

You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.

Joshua 7:19

Joshua said to him, “My son, tell the truth here before the Lord, the God of Israel, and confess. Tell me now what you have done. Don't try to hide it from me.”

1 Samuel 13:11

but Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul answered, “The people were deserting me, and you had not come when you said you would; besides that, the Philistines are gathering at Michmash.