8 Bible Verses about Heredity
Most Relevant Verses
His disciples questioned Him: “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
And don’t presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all men, because all sinned.
“What Zelophehad’s daughters say is correct. You are to give them hereditary property among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.
Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
One of their very own prophets said,
Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.
From Thematic Bible
Heredity » General references to
maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving wrongdoing, rebellion, and sin.
because you destroyed your land
and slaughtered your own people.
The offspring of evildoers
will never be remembered.
Heredity » Beneficent influence of the righteous
and his children have a refuge.
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.
his children
the generation of the upright will be blessed.
will not go unpunished,
but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
Heredity » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
and will not abandon His faithful ones.
They are kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.
because you destroyed your land
and slaughtered your own people.
The offspring of evildoers
will never be remembered.
his descendants will never have enough food.
and their offspring from the human race.
