1 John 3:12 - Modern King James Version

¹² not as Cain who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. And for what did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's things were righteous.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² [And] not be like Cain who [took his nature and got his motivation] from the evil one and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his deeds (activities, works) were wicked and malicious and his brother's were righteous (virtuous).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

Common English Bible

¹² Don’t behave like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he kill him? He killed him because his own works were evil, but the works of his brother were righteous.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Do not be like Cain, who was of the evil one, and who killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked, but his brother's works were just.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked: and his brother's just.

1 John 3:12 Tagairtí Cros

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 me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain killed him.

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom did not speak to his brother Amnon, neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced his sister Tamar.

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth.

Psalm 38:20

And those who give evil for good oppose me, because I follow good.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy?

Proverbs 29:10

Men of blood hate the upright; but the just seek his soul.

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust man is a hateful thing to the just; and he who is upright in the way is hateful to the wicked.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the Word of the kingdom and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown by the wayside.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are the sons of the evil one.

Matthew 23:35

so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.

Matthew 27:23

And the governor said, Why? What evil has He done? But they cried out the more, saying, let Him be crucified!

Matthew 5:37

But let your word be, Yes, yes; No, no. For whatever is more than these comes from evil.

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple. Truly I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.

John 10:32

Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from My Father; for which of these do you stone Me?

John 8:40

But now you seek to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth which I have heard beside God; this Abraham did not do.

John 8:41

You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to Him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, even God.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now been the betrayers and murderers;

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also have suffered these things by your own countrymen, even as they also by the Jews;

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts. And by it he, being dead, yet speaks.

Hebrews 12:24

and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

1 Peter 4:4

In these things they are surprised, that you are not running with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming.

1 John 3:8

He who practices sin is of the Devil, for the Devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed, that He might undo the works of the Devil.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they went the way of Cain, and gave themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with a great marveling.