1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

Cross References (26)

  • Hebrews 11:4 (16)

    By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approva

  • Genesis 4:4–15 (14)

    while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offer

  • Proverbs 29:27 (10)

    An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.

  • Genesis 4:25 (7)

    And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me

  • Jude 1:11 (7)

    Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perish

  • Luke 11:51 (6)

    from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, a

  • Proverbs 29:10 (6)

    Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.

  • Psalms 37:12 (5)

    The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

  • Psalms 38:20 (4)

    Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

  • Matthew 23:35 (4)

    And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechar

  • John 15:19–25 (4)

    If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world,

  • 1 John 2:13–14 (4)

    I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because yo

  • 1 Peter 4:4 (3)

    Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, a

  • Matthew 13:38 (3)

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

  • 1 John 3:8 (3)

    The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son o

  • 1 Samuel 19:4–5 (3)

    Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David

  • Matthew 13:19 (3)

    When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was s

  • John 10:32 (3)

    But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”

  • Hebrews 12:24 (3)

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

  • Acts 7:52 (2)

    Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteou

  • 1 Samuel 22:14–16 (2)

    Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of

  • Matthew 27:23 (2)

    “Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

  • 1 Samuel 18:14–15 (2)

    and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.

  • John 18:38–40 (1)

    “What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a

  • Revelation 17:6 (1)

    I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at t

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:14 (0)

    For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own