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.
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Bible References
Why
Exodus 20:5
Do not worship them or serve them. I, Jehovah your God, am a God demanding exclusive devotion. (I do not tolerate rivals.) I will not share your affection with any other god. I punish children for their parents' sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.
Deuteronomy 5:9
Do not bow down to them. Do not serve them! For I Jehovah your God am a totally demanding zealous God. I require exclusive devotion and punish the fathers and children who hate me to the third and fourth generation.
2 Kings 23:26
Still the heat of Jehovah's anger was not turned back from Judah. This is because of all Manasseh had done in moving him to anger.
2 Kings 24:3
This happened to Judah because Jehovah commanded it to happen. He wanted to remove the people of Judah from his sight because of Manasseh's sins and everything he had done,
Jeremiah 15:4
I will make these people a horrifying (shocking) sight to all the kingdoms on the earth. This will happen because of what Judah's King Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, did in Jerusalem.
Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers were sinners and are dead. The weight of their evil deeds is on us.
When
Ezekiel 20:18
I said to their children in the desert: Do not live by the laws of your ancestors. Do not obey their rules or dishonor yourselves with their disgusting idols.
Zechariah 1:3
Tell them, Jehovah of Hosts has said: Jehovah of Hosts says return to me and I will return to you.
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Ezekiel 18:3
As I live, declares the Lord Jehovah: 'You are surely not going to use this proverb in Israel anymore.