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Genesis 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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Matthew 23:35
That on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.
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1 John 3:12
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And why slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
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Persecution in the First Centuries.
... Thus, as long as persecution continued, the church remained comparatively pure. ...
Therefore they were hated by the wicked, even as Abel was hated by the ungodly ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /2 persecution in the first.htm

Persecution in the First Centuries
... Thus, as long as persecution continued, the church remained comparatively pure. ...
Therefore they were hated by the wicked, even as Abel was hated by the ungodly ...
/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 2 persecution in the.htm

Persecution Every Christian's Lot
... in the wicked one Cain, who, because the Lord had respect to Abel and his ... Lord mentions
being inwardly hated of men, as one kind of Persecution his disciples ...
/.../selected sermons of george whitefield/persecution every christians lot.htm

Concerning Persecution
... of God in their passage to the holy land must meet with fiery serpents and a red
sea of persecution. It is a saying of Ambrose, There is no Abel but has his ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/21 concerning persecution.htm

Demonstration xxi. --Of Persecution.
... Abel was murdered, and his blood cried out from the earth. ... who are in the West, in
the days of Diocletian there came great affliction and persecution to the ...
/.../aphrahat/aphrahat select demonstrations/demonstration xxi of persecution.htm

Second Sunday after Trinity Exhortation to Brotherly Love.
... they have God's favor and know it to be the occasion of their persecution; they
have no protection and succor but are exposed to the same fate as Abel. ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/second sunday after trinity exhortation.htm

That the Catholic Faith May be Confirmed Even by the Dissensions ...
... when no one molests or vexes their body; for they suffer this persecution, not in ...
presence of Christ and His apostles, but even from that of Abel, whom first ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 51 that the catholic faith.htm

Endurance of the World's Censure.
... Cain, for instance, was envious of his brother Abel, and slew him ... is ever so to be:
"All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution:" or, as ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon x endurance of the.htm

Patmos
... The character of the persecution changes with the times, but the principle"the spirit
that ... that has slain the chosen of the Lord ever since the days of Abel. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 56 patmos.htm

The Saint's Heritage and Watchword
... From the day when first Cain with his club struck his brother Abel and laid ... When
persecution has cried, "Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war," blood has flowed ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 50 1904/the saints heritage and watchword.htm