Deuteronomy 24:16

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Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.

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  • Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.
  • 2 Chr 25:4 : 4 However, he did not put their children to death, in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: 'Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for their own sin.'
  • Jer 31:29-30 : 29 In those days, people will no longer say, 'The fathers ate sour grapes, and the children’s teeth were set on edge.' 30 Instead, each will die for their own sin; whoever eats sour grapes, their own teeth will be set on edge.
  • 2 Kgs 14:5-6 : 5 When the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father the king. 6 But he did not put to death the children of the assassins, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the Lord commanded: 'Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents; each will die for their own sin.'

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  • 2 Chr 25:4
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    4However, he did not put their children to death, in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: 'Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for their own sin.'

  • Ezek 18:17-20
    4 verses
    84%

    17He refrains from harming the poor, does not lend at interest or take a profit, and obeys my rules and walkthroughs my statutes. Such a person will not die for his father's sins; he will surely live.

    18But his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his own people, and did what was not good among them—behold, he will die for his iniquity.

    19Yet you ask, ‘Why does the son not bear the guilt of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, has carefully observed all my statutes, and has kept them, he will surely live.

    20The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.

  • 2 Kgs 14:6
    81%

    6But he did not put to death the children of the assassins, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the Lord commanded: 'Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents; each will die for their own sin.'

  • Ezek 18:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a person live? He will not! Because he has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death, and his blood will be on his own head.

    14Now suppose this person has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed. Though he sees them, he does not do such things:

  • Jer 31:29-30
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    75%

    29In those days, people will no longer say, 'The fathers ate sour grapes, and the children’s teeth were set on edge.'

    30Instead, each will die for their own sin; whoever eats sour grapes, their own teeth will be set on edge.

  • Lev 20:9
    74%

    9Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is upon him.

  • Deut 24:17
    73%

    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • Ezek 18:3-4
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    73%

    3As I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer use this proverb in Israel.

    4Behold, all lives are mine; the life of the father and the life of the son belong to me. The person who sins is the one who will die.

  • Lev 24:17
    73%

    17Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death.

  • Exod 21:15
    73%

    15Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Isa 14:21
    73%

    21Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons because of the iniquity of their fathers. Let them not rise to possess the land or fill the face of the earth with cities.

  • Lam 5:7
    73%

    7Our ancestors sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.

  • Exod 22:24
    72%

    24If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you must not act as a creditor to him; do not charge him interest.

  • Lev 20:11
    72%

    11If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

  • Jer 16:3
    72%

    3For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this place, as well as their mothers who bear them and their fathers who father them in this land:

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

    17Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Jer 16:7
    72%

    7No one will break bread for the bereaved to comfort them for the dead. Nor will anyone offer them a cup of consolation for their father or mother.

  • Mark 13:12
    71%

    12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

  • Matt 10:21
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    21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

  • Deut 24:15
    71%

    15Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and depend on it. Otherwise, they may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Num 35:31
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    31You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed, they will die.

  • Ezek 5:10
    71%

    10Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your survivors to every wind.

  • Lev 26:39
    71%

    39Those of you who remain will waste away in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their ancestors, they will waste away with them.

  • Matt 15:4
    71%

    4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’

  • Jer 13:14
    71%

    14And I will shatter them, one against another, fathers and sons together,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will show no pity, no compassion, and no mercy to prevent their destruction.’

  • Ps 109:14
    71%

    14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and may the sin of his mother not be blotted out.

  • 1 Sam 2:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24‘No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the LORD’s people is not good.’

    25‘If a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?’ But they would not listen to their father, for it was the LORD’s will to put them to death.

  • Jer 11:22
    70%

    22Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am about to punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine.’

  • Exod 31:14
    70%

    14You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among their people.

  • Prov 17:6
    70%

    6Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • 2 Chr 24:22
    70%

    22King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him but killed his son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, 'May the Lord see this and call you to account.'

  • Prov 23:13
    70%

    13Do not withhold discipline from a child; though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

  • Exod 22:22
    70%

    22If you do afflict them and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.

  • Prov 13:22
    70%

    22A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.

  • Lev 24:15
    70%

    15And speak to the Israelites, saying: If any man curses his God, he will bear the consequences of his sin.

  • Lev 24:21
    70%

    21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a person must be put to death.

  • Ezek 3:20
    70%

    20Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.

  • Deut 19:21
    70%

    21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Exod 34:7
    70%

    7Maintaining steadfast love to thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin, but not leaving the guilty unpunished. He punishes the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations."

  • Deut 21:22
    69%

    22If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and you hang his body on a tree,