Bible Verses About Abel and Cain
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for abel and cain, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,303 votes, led by Hebrews 11:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Abel and Cain
Hebrews 11:4307 votes
By faith Abel offered unto 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 speaketh.
Genesis 4:1-16252 votes
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
Jude 1:11202 votes
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Matthew 23:35187 votes
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Genesis 4:25182 votes
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
1 John 3:12156 votes
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.
Genesis 4:1-26152 votes
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
Luke 11:51145 votes
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
Hebrews 12:24123 votes
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
1 John 3:11-12118 votes
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Genesis 4:198 votes
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
Genesis 4:889 votes
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
1 John 3:1576 votes
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Genesis 4:263 votes
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:1762 votes
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis 4:1560 votes
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Genesis 4:2456 votes
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Genesis 4:355 votes
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
Genesis 4:1055 votes
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Genesis 4:952 votes
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
Genesis 5:450 votes
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 4:449 votes
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Genesis 3:1-2446 votes
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 4:1346 votes
And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 4:6-744 votes
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
What does the Bible say about abel and cain?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 11:4 on the subject of abel and cain. Across 4,303 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 4:1-16, Jude 1:11, Matthew 23:35. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.