Genesis 4:2
"And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground."
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- 1 John 3:12
"Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous."
Read in chapter → - 1 John 3:15
"Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."
Read in chapter → - Luke 11:51
"From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation."
Read in chapter → - 1 John 3:10
"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."
Read in chapter → - John 8:44
"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 47:3
"And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 3:1
"Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 78:70
"He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 127:3
"Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward."
Read in chapter → - Amos 7:15
"And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel."
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