Genesis 4:11-12 And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand;… Such are the fruits of envy. Burden upon burden, stroke upon stroke, sorrow upon sorrow! From above, from beneath, and from around, the torment, and the terror, and the bitterness pour in. There is no peace to the wicked, no rest, no settlement. How sin uproots and unsettles, making a man to flee hither and thither, in order to get away from himself! How vain! O SIN, sin! what horrid things are all wrapt up even in its smallest indulgence! An unkind thought, a harsh word, an envious feeling, — then sullenness, anger, murder — a brother's murder! How little do we know sin, or reckon on its results, or calculate the fruits that come from its womb! (H. Bonar, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; |
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