Deuteronomy 24:16
“The fathers shall not be put to death for [the sins of] their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; [only] for his own sin shall anyone be put to death.
Ezekiel 18:20
The person who sins [is the one that] will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the sin of the father, nor will the father bear the punishment for the sin of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on himself.
2 Chronicles 25:4
But he did not kill their children; for he did as it is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, “The fathers shall not die for the children, nor the children die for the fathers, but each shall be put to death for his own sin.”
Jeremiah 31:29-30
“In those days they will not say again,
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
2 Kings 14:5-6
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in Amaziah’s hand, he executed his servants who had killed his father the king.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
General references
Bible References
General references
“In those days they will not say again,
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’