7If 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Who will render to every man according to his deeds: …
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. …
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
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.
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…
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