Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Heredity » General references to
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from the womb, speaking lies.
keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the sons, and on the sons of sons, to the third and to the fourth generation.
You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you ruined your land and killed your people; the seed of evildoers shall never be famous.
Our fathers have sinned and are not; we have borne their iniquities.
What is it to you that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the teeth of the sons are dull?
And they that are left of you shall putrefy in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies. And also they shall putrefy with them in the iniquities of their fathers.
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » General references to
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from the womb, speaking lies.
keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the sons, and on the sons of sons, to the third and to the fourth generation.
You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you ruined your land and killed your people; the seed of evildoers shall never be famous.
Our fathers have sinned and are not; we have borne their iniquities.
What is it to you that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the teeth of the sons are dull?
And they that are left of you shall putrefy in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies. And also they shall putrefy with them in the iniquities of their fathers.
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.
Shame » Who shall be ashamed
The righteous hates lying, but the wicked one is odious and acts shamefully.
The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
O Jehovah, the Hope of Israel, all who forsake You shall be ashamed. Those who depart from Me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the Fountain of living waters.
Behold, God will not cast away the innocent, nor will He help the evildoers, until He fills your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing. Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
But you are those who forsake Jehovah, who forget My holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who furnish the drink offering to Fate. Therefore I will number you to the sword; and you will all bow down to the slaughter; because I called and you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear and did evil before My eyes, and chose that in which I did not delight. So the Lord Jehovah says, Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be ashamed.
One rebuking a scorner gets shame to himself; and one rebuking a wicked one gets himself a blemish.
Let me not be ashamed, O Jehovah; for I have called on You; Let the wicked be ashamed; let them be silent in the grave.
They are turned back, they are greatly ashamed, those who trust in graven images and who say to the images, You are our gods.
For shame has eaten up the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.
Sin » Of youth, results of » Shame and remorse
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.
For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have only done evil before Me from their youth. For the sons of Israel have only provoked Me to anger with the work of their hands, says Jehovah.