8 Bible Verses about Heredity
Most Relevant Verses
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?"
and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned --
"The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim. You must indeed give them possession of an inheritance among their father's relatives, and you must transfer the inheritance of their father to them.
When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.
A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."
From Thematic Bible
Heredity » General references to
Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.
keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children's children, to the third and fourth generation."
You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.
Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.
Heredity » Beneficent influence of the righteous
In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.
I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.
The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.
His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.
Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment.
Heredity » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.
You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.
Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
If his children increase -- it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.
You destroy their offspring from the earth, their descendants from among the human race.
