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Genesis 4:15

“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.

Genesis 4:15 BSB
  1. a LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac; Hebrew “Very well!” or “Therefore:”

Genesis 4:15 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 9:4 (8 votes) and Psalm 79:12 (6 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 4 to Revelation 14.

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Which verses does Genesis 4:15 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Ezekiel 9:48 votes

    “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”

  2. Psalm 79:126 votes

    Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.

  3. Genesis 4:245 votes

    If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

  4. Ezekiel 9:65 votes

    Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

  5. Revelation 14:93 votes

    And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,

  6. Revelation 14:113 votes

    And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

  7. Leviticus 26:182 votes

    And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

  8. Leviticus 26:212 votes

    If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

  9. Leviticus 26:242 votes

    then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.

  10. Leviticus 26:282 votes

    then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.

  11. 1 Kings 16:72 votes
  12. Psalm 59:112 votes
  13. Hosea 1:42 votes
  14. Matthew 26:522 votes
  15. Proverbs 6:311 vote

Which verses point to Genesis 4:15?

The 10 strongest of 11.