Gen 4:8, 1Sa 18:17, 21, 2Sa 3:27-30, 13:22-28, Psa 55:21-23 | ESV | STEP | Cain spoke to Abel his brother . And when they were in the field , Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Genesis 4:8

8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. ^{▼▼Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate add Let us go out to the field} And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and ^bkilled him.

1 Samuel 18:17

David Marries Michal

17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is ^cmy elder daughter Merab. ^dI will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me ^eand fight the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be against him, ^fbut let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

1 Samuel 18:21

21 Saul thought, “Let me give her to him, that she may ^gbe a snare for him ^hand that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, ^{▼▼Hebrew by two} ^j“You shall now be my son-in-law.”

2 Samuel 3:27-30

27 And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, ^kand there he struck him ^lin the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. 28 Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner. 29 ^mMay it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father’s house, and may the house of Joab never be without ⁿone who has a discharge or who is ^oleprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!” 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because ^phe had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.

2 Samuel 13:22-28

22 But Absalom spoke to Amnon ^qneither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.

Absalom Murders Amnon

23 After two full years Absalom had ^rsheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons. 24 And Absalom came to the king and said, “Behold, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.” 25 But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing. 26 Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” And the king said to him, “Why should he go with you?” 27 But Absalom pressed him until he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him. 28 Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Mark when Amnon’s ^sheart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”

Psalms 55:21-23

21 His ^tspeech was ^usmooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were ^vdrawn swords.
22 ^wCast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
^xhe will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
23 But you, O God, ^ywill cast them down
into ^zthe pit of destruction;
men of ^aablood and treachery
shall not ^ablive out half their days.
But I will ^actrust in you.