Genesis 4:4

Good News Translation

Then Abel brought the first lamb born to one of his sheep, killed it, and gave the best parts of it as an offering. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,

Cross References

Genesis 15:17

When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch suddenly appeared and passed between the pieces of the animals.

Genesis 4:3

After some time Cain brought some of his harvest and gave it as an offering to the Lord.

1 Kings 18:24

Then let the prophets of Baal pray to their god, and I will pray to the Lord, and the one who answers by sending fire—he is God.” The people shouted their approval.

1 Kings 18:38

The Lord sent fire down, and it burned up the sacrifice, the wood, and the stones, scorched the earth and dried up the water in the trench.

1 Chronicles 21:26

He built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He prayed, and the Lord answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn the sacrifices on the altar.

2 Chronicles 7:1

When King Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and burned up the sacrifices that had been offered, and the dazzling light of the Lord's presence filled the Temple.

Psalm 20:3

May he accept all your offerings and be pleased with all your sacrifices.

Exodus 13:12

you must offer every first-born male to the Lord. Every first-born male of your animals belongs to the Lord,

Proverbs 3:9

Honor the Lord by making him an offering from the best of all that your land produces.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Leviticus 9:24

Suddenly the Lord sent a fire, and it consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar. When the people saw it, they all shouted and bowed down with their faces to the ground.

Numbers 16:15

Moses became angry and said to the Lord, “Do not accept any offerings these men bring. I have not wronged any of them; I have not even taken one of their donkeys.”

Numbers 16:35

Then the Lord sent a fire that blazed out and burned up the 250 men who had presented the incense.

Numbers 18:12

“I am giving you all the best of the first produce which the Israelites give me each year: olive oil, wine, and grain.

Numbers 18:17

But the first-born of cows, sheep, and goats are not to be bought back; they belong completely to me and are to be sacrificed. Throw their blood against the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, an odor pleasing to me.

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 9:22

Indeed, according to the Law almost everything is purified by blood, and sins are forgiven only if blood is poured out.

Revelation 13:8

All people living on earth will worship it, except those whose names were written before the creation of the world in the book of the living which belongs to the Lamb that was killed.

Judges 6:21

Then the Lord's angel reached out and touched the meat and the bread with the end of the stick he was holding. Fire came out of the rock and burned up the meat and the bread. Then the angel disappeared.

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said, “Which does the Lord prefer: obedience or offerings and sacrifices? It is better to obey him than to sacrifice the best sheep to him.