Cross references

Genesis 4:14

Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 4:14 BSB

Genesis 4:14 has 24 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 35:19 (7 votes) and Job 15:20–24 (5 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Genesis 4 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does Genesis 4:14 point to?

The 20 strongest of 24, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

  2. A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless. Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him. …

  3. Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

  4. Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

  5. The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

  6. They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

  7. “Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him. So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

  8. And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man: Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

  9. or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.

  10. and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,

  11. For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

  12. As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

  13. May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Which verses point to Genesis 4:14?

The 10 strongest of 22.