Bible Verses About Cain
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for cain, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 982 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 Cain
Hebrews 11:4160 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.
Jude 1:11137 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.
Genesis 4:25112 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.
Genesis 4:1-1683 votes
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
1 John 3:11-1275 votes
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
1 John 3:1272 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 4:1-1760 votes
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
Genesis 4:1-542 votes
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
Genesis 4:8-1735 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.
Genesis 5:432 votes
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 4:23-2429 votes
And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
Genesis 4:1-2628 votes
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
1 John 3:1521 votes
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Luke 10:2712 votes
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Luke 11:5112 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.
Leviticus 26:1-4611 votes
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
John 14:1511 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Genesis 4:23-2510 votes
And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
Exodus 22:2-310 votes
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
Deuteronomy 28:1-6810 votes
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Matthew 5:38-3910 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Romans 13:410 votes
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
What does the Bible say about cain?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 11:4 on the subject of cain. Across 982 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Jude 1:11, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:1-16. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.