8 Bible Verses about Heredity
Most Relevant Verses
And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?
And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.
And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.
That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.
For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:
What the daughters of Zelophehad say is right: certainly you are to give them a heritage among their father's brothers: and let the property which would have been their father's go to them.
Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:
One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work.
From Thematic Bible
Heredity » General references to
The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.
Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.
As for your fathers, you will not be united with them in their resting-place, because you have been the cause of destruction to your land, and of death to your people; the seed of the evil-doer will have no place in the memory of man.
Our fathers were sinners and are dead; and the weight of their evil-doing is on us.
Heredity » Beneficent influence of the righteous
For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.
I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.
His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.
Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.
Heredity » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.
As for your fathers, you will not be united with them in their resting-place, because you have been the cause of destruction to your land, and of death to your people; the seed of the evil-doer will have no place in the memory of man.
You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.
If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.
Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
