Genesis 4:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?”
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““Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 4:6 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 13:11Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
- Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
- Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
- Jeremiah 2:31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
- Jonah 4:4But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
- Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
- Micah 6:3‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
- Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
- Luke 15:31‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.
- John 4:1When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
- John 4:8(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).