1 John 3:12

The English Standar Version

We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

Cross References

Genesis 4:25

And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, "God has appointed[7] for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."

2 Samuel 13:22

But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him,

Psalm 38:20

Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Proverbs 29:10

Bloodthirsty men hate one who is blameless and seek the life of the upright.[2]

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

Matthew 13:38

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

Matthew 23:35

so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[6] whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Matthew 27:23

And he said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified!"

Matthew 5:37

Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.[6]

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

John 10:32

Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?"

John 8:40

but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.

John 8:41

You are doing what your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father -- even God."

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.

Hebrews 12:24

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

1 Peter 4:4

With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you;

1 John 3:8

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.[1] When I saw her, I marveled greatly.