Psalms 109:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten!

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
  • Neh 4:5 : 5 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight. For they have bitterly offended the builders!
  • Jer 18:23 : 23 But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!
  • Matt 23:31-36 : 31 By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up then the measure of your ancestors! 33 You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34 “For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town, 35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!
  • Isa 43:25 : 25 I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.
  • Lev 26:39 : 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.
  • 2 Sam 3:29 : 29 May his blood whirl over the head of Joab and the entire house of his father! May the males of Joab’s house never cease to have someone with a running sore or a skin disease or one who works at the spindle or one who falls by the sword or one who lacks food!”
  • 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 The Gibeonites Demand Revenge During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the LORD. The LORD said,“It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered the Gibeonites.”
  • 2 Sam 21:8-9 : 8 So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah whom she had born to Saul, and the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab whom she had born to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. 9 He turned them over to the Gibeonites, and they executed them on a hill before the LORD. The seven of them died together; they were put to death during harvest time– during the first days of the beginning of the barley harvest.
  • 2 Kgs 8:27 : 27 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty and did evil in the sight of the LORD, like Ahab’s dynasty, for he was related to Ahab’s family.
  • 2 Kgs 9:27 : 27 When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered,“Shoot him too.” They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.
  • 2 Kgs 10:13-14 : 13 Jehu encountered the relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. He asked,“Who are you?” They replied,“We are Ahaziah’s relatives. We have come down to see how the king’s sons and the queen mother’s sons are doing.” 14 He said,“Capture them alive!” So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them in the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors.
  • 2 Kgs 11:1 : 1 Athaliah is Eliminated When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line.
  • 2 Chr 22:3-4 : 3 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, for his mother gave him evil advice. 4 He did evil in the sight of the LORD like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they gave him advice that led to his destruction.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 109:7-13
    7 verses
    86%

    7When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.

    8May his days be few! May another take his job!

    9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!

    10May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!

    11May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!

    12May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children!

    13May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!

  • Ps 109:15-17
    3 verses
    83%

    15May the LORD be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!

    16For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.

    17He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

  • Isa 14:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.

    21Prepare 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.”

  • Ps 69:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them!

    28May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

  • Ezek 18:14
    72%

    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 14:20
    72%

    20LORD, we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you.

  • Prov 30:11
    72%

    11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

  • Jer 18:23
    72%

    23But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!

  • Ps 79:8
    71%

    8Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!

  • Ps 51:9
    71%

    9Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt!

  • Ps 25:7
    71%

    7Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O LORD!

  • Ezek 18:18
    71%

    18As 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.

  • Deut 24:16
    71%

    16Fathers 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.

  • Lam 5:7
    70%

    7Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.

  • Deut 27:16
    70%

    16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Isa 65:7
    70%

    7for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the LORD.“Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure.”

  • Num 14:18
    70%

    18‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.’

  • Jer 44:9
    70%

    9Have you forgotten all the wicked things that have been done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem by your ancestors, by the kings of Judah and their wives, by you and your wives?

  • Exod 34:7
    70%

    7keeping 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.”

  • Jer 20:14
    69%

    14Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.

  • Ps 130:3
    69%

    3If you, O LORD, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?

  • Job 11:14
    69%

    14if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

  • Job 21:19
    69%

    19You may say,‘God stores up a man’s punishment for his children!’ Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may be humbled!

  • Ps 89:30
    69%

    30If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,

  • Ezek 18:20
    69%

    20The 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.

  • Ps 59:12
    69%

    12They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

  • Ps 34:16
    69%

    16But the LORD opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.

  • Lev 20:9
    69%

    9Family 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.

  • Ps 104:35
    69%

    35May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!

  • Job 18:17
    69%

    17His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.

  • Neh 4:5
    69%

    5Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight. For they have bitterly offended the builders!

  • Hos 13:12
    68%

    12Israel’s Punishment Will Not Be Withheld Much Longer The punishment of Ephraim has been decreed; his punishment is being stored up for the future.

  • Isa 43:27
    68%

    27The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me.

  • Job 8:4
    68%

    4If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

  • Deut 33:9
    68%

    9He said to his father and mother,“I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.

  • Ps 51:5
    68%

    5Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.

  • Lev 26:39
    68%

    39Restoration 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.

  • Ps 78:6
    68%

    6so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

  • Neh 13:14
    68%

    14Please remember me for this, O my God, and do not wipe out the kindness that I have done for the temple of my God and for its services!

  • Ps 9:12
    68%

    12For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help