8 Bible Verses about Heredity
Most Relevant Verses
And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned--
"The daughters of Zelophehad are right. You shall give them possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers and transfer the inheritance of their father to them.
When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."
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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 birth, speaking lies.
keeping steadfast love for thousands,forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people."May the offspring of evildoers nevermore be named!
Heredity » Beneficent influence of the righteous
In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.
The righteous who walks in his integrity-- blessed are his children after him!
His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
Heredity » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
For the LORDloves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people."May the offspring of evildoers nevermore be named!
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread.
You will destroy their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from among the children of man.
