Genesis 4:7

Modern King James Version

If you do well, shall you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at the door; and its desire is for you, and you shall rule over it.

Cross References

Genesis 19:21

And He said to him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.

Genesis 3:16

To the woman He said, I will greatly increase your sorrow and your conception. In pain you shall bear sons, and your desire shall be toward your husband, and he shall rule over you.

2 Samuel 24:23

All these Araunah, like a king, gave to the king. And Araunah said to the king, May Jehovah your God accept you.

2 Kings 8:28

And he went with Jehoram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth of Gilead. And the Syrians wounded Jehoram.

Job 11:14

if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

Job 11:15

surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; yea, you shall be steadfast and shall not fear;

Job 29:4

as I was in the days of my harvest, when the secret of God was on my tent;

Job 42:8

And now take to yourselves seven young bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. And My servant Job will pray for you. Surely I will lift up his face so as not to do with you according to your foolishness, in that you have not spoken of Me what is right, like My servant Job.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to favor the person of the wicked, nor to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful to God; how much more when he brings it with a wicked mind?

Jeremiah 3:12

Go and cry these words toward the north, and say, Return, O backsliding Israel, says Jehovah; and I will not cause My anger to fall on you; for I am merciful, says Jehovah, and I will not keep anger forever.

Jeremiah 6:20

Why does frankincense come to Me from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not pleasing, nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not keep His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.

Malachi 1:10

Who is even among you who will shut the doors, and you not kindle fire on My altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says Jehovah of Hosts. I will not be pleased with an offering from you.

Malachi 1:13

You also said, Behold, what a weariness it is! And you have puffed at it, says Jehovah of Hosts. And you bring plunder, and the lame, and the sick, and you bring the food offering. Should I accept it from your hand, says Jehovah?

Malachi 1:8

And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if you offer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? Bring it now to your governor. Will he accept you, or lift up your face, says Jehovah of Hosts?

Numbers 32:23

But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Jehovah. And be sure your sin will find you out.

Acts 10:35

but in every nation he who fears Him and works righteousness is accepted with Him.

Romans 12:1

I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.

Romans 14:18

For he who serves Christ in these things is well-pleasing to God, and approved by men.

Romans 15:16

that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the nations, ministering the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 6:12

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

Romans 6:16

Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves to him whom you obey; whether it is of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He has made us accepted in the One having been loved.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be godly to their own house, and give back to their forebears what is due them; for that is good and pleasing before God.

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts. And by it he, being dead, yet speaks.

James 1:15

Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin. And sin, when it is fully formed, brings forth death.

1 Peter 2:5

you also as living stones are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.