Genesis 4:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You know that if you do what is right, I will accept you. But if you don’t, sin is ready to attack you. That sin will want to control you, but you must control it.”

Cross References

James 1:15

Your desire grows inside you until it results in sin. Then the sin grows bigger and bigger and finally ends in death.

Hebrews 11:4

Cain and Abel both offered sacrifices to God. But Abel offered a better sacrifice to God because he had faith. God said he was pleased with what Abel offered. And so God called him a good man because he had faith. Abel died, but through his faith he is still speaking.

Romans 6:16

Surely you know that you become the slaves of whatever you give yourselves to. Anything or anyone you follow will be your master. You can follow sin, or you can obey God. Following sin brings spiritual death, but obeying God makes you right with him.

Numbers 32:23

But if you don’t do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord. And know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

Romans 12:1

So I beg you, brothers and sisters, because of the great mercy God has shown us, offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him—an offering that is only for God and pleasing to him. Considering what he has done, it is only right that you should worship him in this way.

Malachi 1:13

You smell the food and refuse to eat it. You say it is bad. Then you bring sick, crippled, and hurt animals to me. You try to give sick animals to me as sacrifices, but I will not accept them.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

Proverbs 21:27

God hates sacrifices from the wicked, especially when their reason for offering them is evil.

Malachi 1:10

“I wish one of you would close the Temple doors to stop the lighting of useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you. I will not accept your gifts.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

Malachi 1:8

You bring blind animals as sacrifices, and that is wrong. You bring sick and crippled animals for sacrifices, and that is wrong. Try giving those sick animals as a gift to your governor. Would he accept those sick animals? No, he would not accept them.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

Acts 10:35

He accepts anyone who worships him and does what is right. It is not important what nation they come from.

Romans 14:18

Whoever serves Christ by living this way is pleasing God, and they will be accepted by others.

Jeremiah 6:20

“Why do you bring me incense from the country of Sheba? Why do you bring me sweet-smelling cane from a faraway country? Your burnt offerings don’t make me happy. Your sacrifices don’t please me.”

Proverbs 18:5

You must be fair in judging others. It is wrong to favor the guilty and rob the innocent of justice.

1 Peter 2:5

You also are like living stones, and God is using you to build a spiritual house. You are to serve God in this house as holy priests, offering him spiritual sacrifices that he will accept because of Jesus Christ.

Romans 15:16

to be a servant of Christ Jesus for those who are not Jews. I serve like a priest whose duty it is to tell God’s Good News. He gave me this work so that you non-Jewish people could be an offering that he will accept—an offering made holy by the Holy Spirit.

Job 42:8

So now, Eliphaz, get seven bulls and seven rams. Take them to my servant Job. Kill them and offer them as a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will answer his prayer. Then I will not give you the punishment you deserve. You should be punished, because you were very foolish. You did not say what is right about me, as my servant Job did.”

Genesis 3:16

Then God said to the woman, “I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant. And when you give birth to children, you will have much pain. You will want your husband very much, but he will rule over you.”

1 Timothy 5:4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, the first thing they need to learn is this: to show their devotion to God by taking care of their own family. They will be repaying their parents, and this pleases God.

2 Samuel 24:23

O King, I give everything to you!” Araunah also said to the king, “May the Lord your God be pleased with you.”

Ephesians 1:6

And this brings praise to God because of his wonderful grace. God gave that grace to us freely. He gave us that grace in Christ, the one he loves.

Genesis 19:21

The angel said to Lot, “Very well, I’ll let you do that. I will not destroy that town.

Job 29:4

I wish for the days when I was successful, when I enjoyed God’s friendship and blessing in my home.

2 Kings 8:28

Joram was from Ahab’s family. Ahaziah went with Joram to fight against King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram.

Romans 6:12

But don’t let sin control your life here on earth. You must not be ruled by the things your sinful self makes you want to do.

Job 11:14

Put away the sin that you still hold on to. Don’t keep evil in your tent.

Job 11:15

If you will do that, you could look to God without shame. You can stand strong and not be afraid.

Jeremiah 3:12

Jeremiah, look toward the north and speak this message: “‘Come back, you faithless people of Israel.’ This message is from the Lord. ‘I will stop frowning at you. I am full of mercy.’ The Lord says, ‘I will not be angry with you forever.

Micah 7:18

There is no God like you. You take away people’s guilt. God will forgive his people who survive. He will not stay angry with them forever, because he enjoys being kind.