What the Bible says about

Heredity

29 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.”
Genesis 5:3 BSB
“You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,”
Exodus 20:5 BSB
“but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.”
Exodus 20:6 BSB
“maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.””
Exodus 34:7 BSB
“‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’”
Numbers 14:18 BSB
“Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.”
Numbers 14:33 BSB
“Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!”
Job 14:4 BSB
“It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.”
Job 21:19 BSB
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