Thematic Bible: Involved in guilt of parents


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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. Verse ConceptsBad ParentsGenerationsGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Zeal OfHatredReward, DivineSin, God's Judgment OnGod, JealousIdolatry Consists OfParents SinForbidden WorshipSins Of The FathersBowing To False GodsAvoiding IdolatryHating GodWorshipping Material Thingsnegativity

I keep my promise for thousands of generations and forgive evil and sin. But I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their fathers. Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardPunishment, Nature OfUnforgivenessParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving God

I will condemn them and their families. I will exclude them from the people. I will exclude from the people everyone who chases after Molech as if he were a prostitute. Verse ConceptsProstitutionGod OpposingThose To Be Cut Off From IsraelDeath Penalty For Heresy

Those who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors. However if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors and the treacherous things they did to oppose me, I will oppose them and bring them into the lands of their enemies. Then, if they humble their uncircumcised hearts and accept their guilt, read more.
I will remember my promise to Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham. I will also remember the land.

Jehovah is patient, forever loving; He forgives wrongdoing and disobedience. He never lets the guilty go unpunished. In fact he punishes children for their parents' sins to the third and fourth generation. Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheAbundant MercyGenerationsChildren, responsibilities to parentsGod, Patience OfReliabilityRestraintUnforgivenessLongsuffering Of GodParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerLove And ForgivenessAnger And ForgivenessParents LoveParents Being Wrong

Your children will be shepherds in the desert for forty years. They will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies dead in the desert. Verse ConceptsMonotonyUnfaithfulness, To GodParents SinDying In The WildernessDeath As PunishmentThose Who Kept Stock

Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has done this, I will not bring disaster on him during his lifetime. It will be during his son's lifetime that I will bring disaster on Ahab's family. Verse ConceptsHumilityPunishment, DelayedDivine DelaysGod Will Bring HarmHumbling OneselfHumble Yourselfhumbleness

You say: 'God stores up their iniquity for their children.' Let God repay them so they may know. Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheParents SinSins Of The FathersPunishment of the The Wicked

Jehovah loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They will be kept safe forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be destroyed. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodOffspringSaintsFaithful, Choose To RemainParents SinSustaining ProvidenceEternal DeliveranceGod Not ForsakingGod Judges The WickedGod Keepsatheismpreservation

You ruined your country and killed your own people. For that reason, you will not be buried like other kings. None of your evil family will survive. Prepare a slaughtering place! The sons of this king will die because of their ancestors' sins. None of them will ever rule the earth or cover it with cities.

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See, it stands written before me. I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps both your sins and the sins of your fathers, says Jehovah. This is because they burned sacrifices on the mountains and defied me on the hills. I will measure into their laps the full payment for their former deeds.

You show loving kindness to thousands, but repay the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them. O great and mighty God. Jehovah of Hosts is his name. Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheChildren, responsibilities to parentsParents SinSins Of The FathersGod As A WarriorHis Name Is The LordMighty OneGod Showed His Lovingkindness

The king commanded that the men that accused Daniel and had him thrown into the den of lions be thrown into the den of lions. They cast them into the den of lions, their children, and their wives; and the lions killed them and broke their bones in pieces before they reached the bottom of the den. Verse ConceptsFaultsBitingLionsBones BrokenThrowing PeopleChildren SufferingIn Danger From LionsOther WivesPeople Accusing PeopleWork Soon Doneaccusations