Genesis 4:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

Genesis 4:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Job 5:2
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Luke 15:31-32
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. …
Micah 6:3-5
O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. …
Jeremiah 2:31
O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-7)

God is here reasoning with Cain, to convince him of the sin and folly of his anger and discontent, and to bring him into a good temper again, that further mischief might be prevented. It is an instance of God’s patience and condescending goodness that he would deal thus tenderly with so bad a man, in so bad an affair. He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance…