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.

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Bible References

As it is written

Deuteronomy 24:16
The fathers shall not die for the children nor the children for the fathers: but every man shall die for his own sin.
2 Kings 14:5
And as soon as the kingdom was settled in his hand, he slew his servants that killed the king his father.
Jeremiah 31:29
Then shall it no more be said, 'The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'
Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine. Like as the father is mine, so is the son mine also. The soul that sinneth, shall die.

General references

Deuteronomy 24:16
The fathers shall not die for the children nor the children for the fathers: but every man shall die for his own sin.