Genesis 4:4

New American Bible - revised edition

while Abel, for his part, brought the fatty portion of the firstlings of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

Cross References

Genesis 15:17

When the sun had set and it was dark, there appeared a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch, which passed between those pieces.

Genesis 4:3

In the course of time Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the ground,

1 Kings 18:24

You shall call upon the name of your gods, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. The God who answers with fire is God.” All the people answered, “We agree!”

1 Kings 18:38

The Lord’s fire came down and devoured the burnt offering, wood, stones, and dust, and lapped up the water in the trench.

1 Chronicles 21:26

David then built an altar there to the Lord, and sacrificed burnt offerings and communion offerings. He called upon the Lord, who answered him by sending down fire from heaven upon the altar for burnt offerings.

2 Chronicles 7:1

When Solomon had ended his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offerings and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the house.

Psalm 20:3

May he send you help from the sanctuary, from Zion be your support.

Exodus 13:12

you will dedicate to the Lord every newborn that opens the womb; and every firstborn male of your animals will belong to the Lord.

Proverbs 3:9

Honor the Lord with your wealth, with first fruits of all your produce;

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and skillful work is the rivalry of one person with another. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

Leviticus 9:24

Fire came forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. Seeing this, all the people shouted with joy and fell prostrate.

Numbers 16:15

Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Pay no attention to their offering. I have never taken a single donkey from them, nor have I wronged any one of them.” Korah.

Numbers 16:35

And fire from the Lord came forth which consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.

Numbers 18:12

I also assign to you all the best of the new oil and of the new wine and grain that they give to the Lord as their first produce that has been processed.

Numbers 18:17

But the firstborn of cattle, or the firstborn of sheep or the firstborn of goats you shall not redeem; they are holy. Their blood you must splash on the altar and their fat you must burn as an oblation of pleasing aroma to the Lord.

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 9:22

According to the law almost everything is purified by blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Revelation 13:8

All the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, all whose names were not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life, which belongs to the Lamb who was slain.

Judges 6:21

the messenger of the Lord stretched out the tip of the staff he held. When he touched the meat and unleavened cakes, a fire came up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened cakes. Then the messenger of the Lord disappeared from sight.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel said: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to the Lord’s command? Obedience is better than sacrifice, to listen, better than the fat of rams.