Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Genesis 4:11 in English Standard Version "And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand." Nu 35:33 You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it. De 27:24 “‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’