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Genesis 4:6

The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?

World Messianic Bible

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

In Context

5but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.

7If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.”

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 13:11David was displeased, because the LORD had broken out against Uzza. He called that place Perez Uzza, to this day.

Isaiah 1:18“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says the LORD: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Jeremiah 2:31Generation, consider the LORD’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’?

Jonah 4:9God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.”

Matthew 20:15Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

John 4:1Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Yeshua was making and immersing more disciples than Yochanan

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 →

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