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.
General references
Bible References
General references
2 Kings 14:5
And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong in his hand, that he smiteth his servants, those smiting the king his father,
2 Chronicles 25:4
and their sons he hath not put to death, but did as is written in the law, in the book of Moses, whom Jehovah commanded, saying, 'Fathers do not die for sons, and sons die not for fathers, but each for his own sin they die.'
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted.
Ezekiel 18:20
The soul that doth sin -- it doth die. A son doth not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a father doth not bear of the iniquity of the son, The righteousness of the righteous is on him, And the wickedness of the wicked is on him.