but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.
But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’
And Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, “Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them.”
and said to them, “I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.
And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before.
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