Genesis 4:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.

Common English Bible

⁷ If you do the right thing, won’t you be accepted? But if you don’t do the right thing, sin will be waiting at the door ready to strike! It will entice you, but you must rule over it.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ If you behave well, will you not receive? But if you behave badly, will not sin at once be present at the door? And so its desire will be within you, and you will be dominated by it."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? But if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door? But the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it.

Genesis 4:7 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 19:21

And he said to him, ‘All right,  I’ll grant your request  about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned.

Genesis 3:16

He said to the woman: I will intensify your labour pains; you will bear children with painful effort. Your desire  will be for your husband, yet he will rule over you.

2 Samuel 24:23

Your Majesty, Araunah gives everything here to the king.’ Then he said to the king, ‘May the Lord your God accept you.’

2 Kings 8:28

Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against King Hazael  of Aram in Ramoth-gilead,  and the Arameans wounded Joram.

Job 11:14

if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it, and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents –

Job 11:15

then you will hold your head high, free from fault. You will be firmly established and unafraid.

Job 29:4

I would be as I was in the days of my youth when God’s friendship  rested on my tent,

Job 42:8

Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then my servant Job will pray for you.  I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.’

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to show partiality to the guilty, denying an innocent person justice.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable  – how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!

Jeremiah 3:12

Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say, “Return, unfaithful Israel. This is the  Lord’s declaration. I will not look on you with anger, for I am unfailing in my love. This is the  Lord’s declaration. I will not be angry for ever.

Jeremiah 6:20

What use to me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane  from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not hold on to his anger for ever because he delights in faithful love.

Malachi 1:10

‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors,  so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar!  I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept  no offering from your hands.

Malachi 1:13

You also say, “Look, what a nuisance! ” And you scorn  it,’  , says the Lord of Armies. ‘You bring stolen,  , lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands? ’ asks the Lord.

Malachi 1:8

‘When you present a blind animal for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present a lame or sick animal, is it not wrong?  Bring it to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favour? ’ asks the Lord of Armies.

Numbers 32:23

But if you don’t do this, you will certainly sin against the Lord; be sure your sin will catch up with you.

Acts 10:35

but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

Romans 12:1

Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you  to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,  holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.

Romans 14:18

Whoever serves Christ  in this way is acceptable to God and receives human approval.

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles,  serving as a priest of the gospel of God.  God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering,  sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 6:12

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey  its desires.

Romans 6:16

Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone  as obedient slaves,  you are slaves of that one you obey   #– #either of sin leading to death  or of obedience leading to righteousness?

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of his glorious grace  that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practise godliness towards their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.

James 1:15

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

1 Peter 2:5

you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood  to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God  through Jesus Christ.