Genesis 4:5

New Living Translation

but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.

Cross References

Genesis 31:2

And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban’s attitude toward him.

Genesis 31:5

He said to them, “I have noticed that your father’s attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me.

Genesis 39:19

Potiphar was furious when he heard his wife’s story about how Joseph had treated her.

Job 15:13

that you turn against God and say all these evil things?

Job 5:2

Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.

Psalm 20:3

May he remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Interlude

Proverbs 19:3

People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord.

Proverbs 29:10

The bloodthirsty hate blameless people, but the upright seek to help them.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

Isaiah 3:9

The very look on their faces gives them away. They display their sin like the people of Sodom and don’t even try to hide it. They are doomed! They have brought destruction upon themselves.

Numbers 16:15

Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Do not accept their grain offerings! I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, and I have never hurt a single one of them.”

Matthew 20:15

Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’

Acts 13:45

But when some of the Jews saw the crowds, they were jealous; so they slandered Paul and argued against whatever he said.

Hebrews 11:4

It was by faith that Abel brought a more acceptable offering to God than Cain did. Abel’s offering gave evidence that he was a righteous man, and God showed his approval of his gifts. Although Abel is long dead, he still speaks to us by his example of faith.

Jude 1:11

What sorrow awaits them! For they follow in the footsteps of Cain, who killed his brother. Like Balaam, they deceive people for money. And like Korah, they perish in their rebellion.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”