1 John 3:12

New American Bible - revised edition

unlike Cain who belonged to the evil one and slaughtered his brother. Why did he slaughter him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

Cross References

Genesis 4:25

Adam again had intercourse with his wife, and she gave birth to a son whom she called Seth. “God has granted me another offspring in place of Abel,” she said, “because Cain killed him.”

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom said nothing, good or bad, to Amnon; but Absalom hated Amnon for having humiliated his sister Tamar. Absalom’s Plot.

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;

Psalm 38:20

My enemies live and grow strong, those who hate me grow numerous fraudulently,

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel, and wrath overwhelming, but before jealousy who can stand?

Proverbs 29:10

The bloodthirsty hate the blameless, but the upright seek his life.

Proverbs 29:27

An abomination to the just, the evildoer; an abomination to the wicked, one whose way is straight.

Matthew 13:19

The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world, the good seed the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one,

Matthew 23:35

so that there may come upon you all the righteous blood shed upon earth, from the righteous blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Matthew 27:23

But he said, “Why? What evil has he done?” They only shouted the louder, “Let him be crucified!”

Matthew 5:37

Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ Anything more is from the evil one. Teaching About Retaliation.

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!

John 10:32

Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?”

John 8:40

But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this.

John 8:41

You are doing the works of your father!” [So] they said to him, “We are not illegitimate. We have one Father, God.”

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For you, brothers, have become imitators of the churches of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you suffer the same things from your compatriots as they did from the Jews,

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain’s. Through this he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and through this, though dead, he still speaks.

Hebrews 12:24

and Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and the sprinkled blood that speaks more eloquently than that of Abel.

1 Peter 4:4

They are surprised that you do not plunge into the same swamp of profligacy, and they vilify you;

1 John 3:8

Whoever sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning. Indeed, the Son of God was revealed to destroy the works of the devil.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! They followed the way of Cain, abandoned themselves to Balaam’s error for the sake of gain, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

Revelation 17:6

I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of the holy ones and on the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. Meaning of the Beast and Harlot. When I saw her I was greatly amazed.