8 Bible Verses about Heredity
Most Relevant Verses
And his disciples asked him saying, "Master, who did sin: this man, or his father and mother, that he was born blind?"
And see that you think not to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father': for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
And God created great whales and all manner of creatures that live and move, which the waters brought forth in their kinds, and all manner of feathered fowls in their kinds. 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.
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by the means of sin; And so death went over all men, insomuch that all men sinned.
"The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt give them a possession to inherit among their father's brethren, and shalt turn the inheritance of their father unto them.
And when Adam was a hundred and thirty years old, he begat a son after his likeness and similitude: and called his name Seth.
One being of themselves, which was a poet of their own said, "The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and slow bellies."
From Thematic Bible
Heredity » General references to
The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's womb; as soon as they be born, they go astray and speak lies.
and keepest mercy in store for thousands, and forgivest wickedness, trespass and sin - for there is no man innocent before thee - and visitest the wickedness of the fathers upon the children and upon children's children, even unto the third and fourth generation."
and art not buried with them. Even because that thou hast wasted thy land, and destroyed thy people. For the generation of the wicked shall be without honour, forever.
Our fathers, which now are gone, have sinned; and we must bear their wickedness.
Heredity » Beneficent influence of the righteous
The fear of the LORD is a stronghold; and his children are under a sure defense.
I have been young, and now am old; and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.
Whoso leadeth a godly and an innocent life; happy shall his children be whom he leaveth behind him.
His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the faithful shall be blessed.
It shall not help the wicked, though they lay all their hands together; but the seed of the righteous shall be preserved.
Heredity » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
For the LORD loveth the thing that is right; he forsaketh not his saints, but they are preserved forever. The unrighteous shall be punished; as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out.
and art not buried with them. Even because that thou hast wasted thy land, and destroyed thy people. For the generation of the wicked shall be without honour, forever.
O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
If he get many children, they shall perish with the sword, and his posterity shall have scarceness of bread.
Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
