Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
General references
Bible References
Why
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
Deuteronomy 5:9
You must not worship or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. I punish the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me,
2 Kings 23:26
Yet the Lord's great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done.
2 Kings 24:3
Just as the Lord had announced, he rejected Judah because of all the sins which Manasseh had committed.
Jeremiah 15:4
I will make all the people in all the kingdoms of the world horrified at what has happened to them because of what Hezekiah's son Manasseh, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem."
Lamentations 5:7
Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.
When
Ezekiel 20:18
"'But I said to their children in the wilderness, "Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Zechariah 1:3
Therefore say to the people: The Lord who rules over all says, "Turn to me," says the Lord who rules over all, "and I will turn to you," says the Lord who rules over all.
General references
Ezekiel 18:3
"As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!