Genesis 4:6
And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
In Context
5But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 13:11And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzza, and he gave that place the name Perez-uzza, to this day.
Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?
Jeremiah 2:31O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?
Jonah 4:9And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry.
Matthew 20:15Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
John 4:1Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism
Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:4-6
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord . 4 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: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Here we have, I. The devotions of Cain and Abel. In process of time, when they had made some improvement in their respective callings (Heb. At the end of… Read the whole commentary →