2 Chronicles 25:4

However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord's commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, "Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. A man must be executed only for his own sin."

Deuteronomy 24:16

Fathers 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.

Ezekiel 18:20

The 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.

2 Kings 14:5-6

When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

Jeremiah 31:29-30

"When that time comes, people will no longer say, 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth have grown numb.'

Ezekiel 18:4

Indeed! All lives are mine -- the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.

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Summary

But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

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Bible References

As it is written

Deuteronomy 24:16
Fathers 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.
2 Kings 14:5
When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.
Jeremiah 31:29
"When that time comes, people will no longer say, 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth have grown numb.'
Ezekiel 18:4
Indeed! All lives are mine -- the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.

General references

Deuteronomy 24:16
Fathers 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.

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