Deuteronomy 24:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
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“Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers--each for his own sin, they are put to death.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 24:16 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 22:16But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
- 2 Kings 14:5As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
- 2 Kings 14:6Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:4Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
- Jeremiah 31:29“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
- Jeremiah 31:30Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.
- Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
- Ezekiel 18:20The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
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