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1Jo 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

as		Gen 4:4-15,25; Hbr 11:4; Jud 1:11
of		1Jo 3:8; 1Jo 2:13,14; Mat 13:19,38
And		1Sa 18:14,15; 1Sa 19:4,5; 1Sa 22:14-16; Psa 37:12; Pro 29:27; Mat 27:23; Jhn 10:32; Jhn 15:19-25; Jhn 18:38-40; Act 7:52; 1Th 2:14; 1Pe 4:4; Rev 17:6
and his		Mat 23:35; Luk 11:51; Hbr 11:4; Hbr 12:24

Correlating Passages

	Gen 4:4	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:
	Gen 4:5	But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
	Gen 4:6	And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
	Gen 4:7	If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
	Gen 4:8	And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
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	Gen 4:25	And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
	Hbr 11:4	By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
	Jud 1:11	Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

	1Jo 3:8	He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
	1Jo 2:13	I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
	1Jo 2:14	I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
	Mat 13:19	When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
	Mat 13:38	The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one];

And

	1Sa 18:14	And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD [was] with him.
	1Sa 18:15	Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
	1Sa 19:4	And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works [have been] to thee-ward very good:
	1Sa 19:5	For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest [it], and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
	1Sa 22:14	Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who [is so] faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
	1Sa 22:15	Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute [any] thing unto his servant, [nor] to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
	1Sa 22:16	And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
	Psa 37:12	The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
	Pro 29:27	An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.
	Mat 27:23	And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
	Jhn 10:32	Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
	Jhn 15:19	If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
	Jhn 15:20	Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
	Jhn 15:21	But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
	Jhn 15:22	If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
	Jhn 15:23	He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
	Jhn 15:24	If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
	Jhn 15:25	But [this cometh to pass], that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
	Jhn 18:38	Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault [at all].
	Jhn 18:39	But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
	Jhn 18:40	Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
	Act 7:52	Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
	1Th 2:14	For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they [have] of the Jews:
	1Pe 4:4	Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:
	Rev 17:6	And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

and his

	Mat 23:35	That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
	Luk 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.
	Hbr 11:4	By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
	Hbr 12:24	And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 John 3:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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