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
“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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Genesis 5:3Exodus 20:5Exodus 20:6Exodus 34:7Numbers 14:18Numbers 14:33Job 14:4Job 21:19Psalms 37:28Psalms 51:5Psalms 58:3Isaiah 14:20Isaiah 14:21Isaiah 48:8Isaiah 65:6Isaiah 65:7Jeremiah 31:29Jeremiah 31:30Jeremiah 32:18Ezekiel 18:2Ezekiel 18:19Ezekiel 18:20Matthew 3:9John 3:6John 3:7John 9:2Romans 5:121 Corinthians 15:22Ephesians 2:3