Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
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Bible References
General references
2 Kings 14:5
And as soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand, he struck down his servants who had struck down the king his father.
2 Chronicles 25:4
But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, "Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin."
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall no longer say: "'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'
Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.