8 Bible Verses about Heredity
Most Relevant Verses
And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?
And think not to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
And God created the great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
That which is begotten from the flesh is flesh, and that which is begotten from the Spirit is spirit.
Because of this, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, so also death passed to all men, in that all sinned.
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. Thou shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers, and thou shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot [a son] in his own likeness, according to his image, and called his name Seth.
A certain man of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.
From Thematic Bible
Heredity » General references to
The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and who will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the th
Thou shall not be joined with them in burial, because thou have destroyed thy land. Thou have slain thy people. The seed of evil-doers shall not be named forever.
Heredity » Beneficent influence of the righteous
In the fear of LORD is strong confidence, and his sons shall have a place of refuge.
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen a righteous man forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
His seed shall be mighty upon earth. The generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Hand in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Heredity » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
For LORD loves justice, and forsakes not his sanctified. They are preserved forever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Thou shall not be joined with them in burial, because thou have destroyed thy land. Thou have slain thy people. The seed of evil-doers shall not be named forever.
Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
If his sons be multiplied, it is for the sword. And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Thou will destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from among the sons of men.
