Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
As it is written
General references
Bible References
As it is written
Deuteronomy 24:16
The fathers shall not die for the sons, and the sons shall not die for the fathers: a man shall die in his sin.
2 Kings 14:5
And it will be when the kingdom was strengthened in his hand, and he will smite his servants striking the king his father.
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall no more say, The fathers ate sour grapes and the sons' teeth will be blunted.
Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls to me; behold, as the soul of the father, and so the soul of the son, they are to me. The soul sinning, it shall die.
General references
Deuteronomy 24:16
The fathers shall not die for the sons, and the sons shall not die for the fathers: a man shall die in his sin.