but for Cainand for his offeringHe hadnoregard.So Cainbecameveryangryand his countenancefell.
Jacobsawthe attitudeof Laban,and behold,it was not [friendly] towardhim as formerly.
and saidto them, "I seeyour father'sattitude,that it is not [friendly] towardme as formerly,but the Godof my fatherhas beenwith me.
Now when his masterheardthe wordsof his wife,whichshe spoketo him, saying,"Thisis whatyour slavedidto me," his angerburned.
That you should turnyour spiritagainstGodAnd allow [such] wordsto goout of your mouth?
"For angerslaysthe foolishman,And jealousykillsthe simple.
May He rememberallyour mealofferingsAnd findyour burntofferingacceptable!Selah.
The foolishnessof manruinshis way,And his heartragesagainstthe LORD.
Menof bloodshedhatethe blameless,But the uprightare concernedfor his life.
I have seenthat everylaborand everyskillwhich is doneis [the result of] rivalrybetween a manand his neighbor.Thistoois vanityand strivingafter wind.
The expressionof their facesbearswitnessagainst them, And they displaytheir sinlike Sodom;They do not [even] conceal[it]. Woeto them! For they have broughtevilon themselves.
Then Mosesbecameveryangryand saidto the LORD,"Do not regardtheir offering!I have not takena singledonkeyfrom them, norhave I doneharmto anyof them."
Is it not lawfulfor me to dowhatI wishwith whatis my own?Oris your eyeenviousbecauseI amgenerous?'
But when the Jewssawthe crowds,they were filledwith jealousyand [began] contradictingthe things spokenby Paul,and were blaspheming.
By faithAbelofferedto Goda bettersacrificethanCain,throughwhichhe obtainedthe testimonythat he was righteous,Godtestifyingabouthis gifts,and throughfaith, though he is dead,he stillspeaks.
Woeto them! For they have gonethe wayof Cain,and for paythey have rushed headlonginto the errorof Balaam,and perishedin the rebellionof Korah.
But the LORDsaidto Samuel,"Do not lookat his appearanceor at the heightof his stature,becauseI have rejectedhim; for God[sees] not as mansees,for manlooksat the outwardappearance,but the LORDlooksat the heart."
