Cross references

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

Hebrews 11:4 BSB

Hebrews 11:4 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 4:3–5 (12 votes) and Hebrews 12:24 (11 votes). 32 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from Genesis 4 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does Hebrews 11:4 point to?

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

  1. So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD, while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, …

  2. to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

  3. This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

  4. “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

  5. The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

  6. And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

  7. Jude 1:118 votes

    Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

  8. According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

  9. Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

  10. “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.

  11. Luke 11:514 votes
  12. Titus 1:163 votes

Which verses point to Hebrews 11:4?

The 10 strongest of 32.