Deuteronomy 24:16
Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.
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- Ezek 18:20 : 20 The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.
- 2 Chr 25:4 : 4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the LORD’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses,“Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. A man must be executed only for his own sin.”
- Jer 31:29-30 : 29 The Lord Will Make a New Covenant with Israel and Judah“When that time comes, people will no longer say,‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children’s teeth have grown numb.’ 30 Rather, each person will die for his own sins. The teeth of the person who eats the sour grapes will themselves grow numb.
- 2 Kgs 14:5-6 : 5 When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. 6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the LORD’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses,“Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. A man must be put to death only for his own sin.”
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4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the LORD’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses,“Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. A man must be executed only for his own sin.”
- Ezek 18:17-204 verses84%
17 refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely live.
18 As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.
19 “Yet you say,‘Why should the son not suffer for his father’s iniquity?’ When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live.
20 The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.
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6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the LORD’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses,“Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. A man must be put to death only for his own sin.”
- Ezek 18:13-142 verses75%
13 engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death.
14 “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.
- Jer 31:29-302 verses75%
29 The Lord Will Make a New Covenant with Israel and Judah“When that time comes, people will no longer say,‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children’s teeth have grown numb.’
30 Rather, each person will die for his own sins. The teeth of the person who eats the sour grapes will themselves grow numb.
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9 Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.
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17 You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.
- Ezek 18:3-42 verses73%
3 “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!
4 Indeed! All lives are mine– the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.
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17 “‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.
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15 “Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
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21 Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities.”
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7 Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.
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24 and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.
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11 If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
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3 For I, the LORD, tell you what will happen to the children who are born here in this land and to the men and women who are their mothers and fathers.
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17 “Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.
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7 No one will take any food to those who mourn for the dead to comfort them. No one will give them any wine to drink to console them for the loss of their father or mother.
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12 Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
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21 “Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
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15 You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
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31 Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.
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26 When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.
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10 Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors to the winds.
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39 Restoration through Confession and Repentance“‘As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’ iniquities which are with them.
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4 For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’
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14 And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,’ says the LORD.”
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14 May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten!
- 1 Sam 2:24-252 verses71%
24 No, my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the LORD’s people is not good.
25 If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him then?” But Eli’s sons would not listen to their father. Indeed the LORD had decided to kill them.
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22 So the LORD of Heaven’s Armies said,“I will surely punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. Their sons and daughters will die of starvation.
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14 So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will be cut off from among his people.
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6 Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.
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22 King Joash disregarded the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying, he said,“May the LORD take notice and seek vengeance!”
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13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
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22 “You must not afflict any widow or orphan.
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22 A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
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15 Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites,‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,
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21 One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.
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20 “When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.
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21 You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.
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7 keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”
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22 Disposition of a Criminal’s Remains If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,