Genesis 4:8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:25

Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has given me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

2 Samuel 14:6

“Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

2 Chronicles 21:4

When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened his position by killing with the sword all his brothers as well as some of the princes of Israel.

Nehemiah 6:2

Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message: “Come, let’s meet together in the villages of the Ono Valley.” But they were planning to harm me.

Job 11:15

then you will hold your head high, free from fault. You will be firmly established and unafraid.

Psalm 139:19

God, if only You would kill the wicked — you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me —

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

Psalm 55:21

His buttery words are smooth, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, but they are drawn swords.

Hosea 4:2

Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Micah 7:6

Surely a son considers his father a fool, a daughter opposes her mother, and a daughter-in-law is against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own household.

Numbers 35:20

Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws an object at him with malicious intent and he dies,

Matthew 23:35

So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. “Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible.

Luke 22:48

but Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss? ”

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.

Hebrews 12:24

to Jesus (mediator of a new covenant ), and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.