Exodus 20:5

Exodus 19 Exodus 21

Exodus 20:5 New International Version (NIV)

⁵You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

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Numbers 14:18

Numbers 13 Numbers 15

Numbers 14:18 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁸‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’

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Isaiah 65:6-7

Isaiah 64 Isaiah 66

Isaiah 65:6-7 New International Version (NIV)

⁶“See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent but will pay back in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps—
⁷both your sins and the sins of your ancestors,”
    says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
    and defied me on the hills,
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment for their former deeds.”

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Jeremiah 32:18

Jeremiah 31 Jeremiah 33

Jeremiah 32:18 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁸You show love to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps of their children after them. Great and mighty God, whose name is the Lord Almighty,