Genesis 4:7
If you were doing what's right, then you'd be looking happy. But if you don't do what's right, then sin will be like an animal crouching outside your home, ready to pounce on you. It wants to have you, but you must be the one in control.”
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6The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you so angry? Why do you look so annoyed?
Cross References
Genesis 3:16He told Eve, “I will make pregnancy much more difficult, and giving birth will be very painful. However, you will still desire your husband, but he will have control over you.”
Genesis 19:21“Fine—I'll do as you ask,” he replied. “I won't destroy this town you've mentioned.
2 Samuel 24:23Your Majesty, I, Araunah, give it all to the king.” Araunah concluded by saying, “May the Lord your God respond positively to you.”
Job 29:4When I was young and strong, God was my friend and spoke to me in my home.
Proverbs 18:5It's not right to show favoritism to the guilty and rob the innocent of justice.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Even though a sinner may do wrong a hundred times, and live a long life, I'm convinced that those who do what God says will be better off.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:7-8
6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. God is here reasoning with Cain, to convince him of the sin and folly of his anger and discontent, and to bring him into a good temper again, that further mischief might be prevented. It is an instance of God's patience and condescending goodness that he would deal… Read the whole commentary →