Bible Verses About Breaking Generational Curses
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for breaking generational curses, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,879 votes, led by Exodus 20:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Breaking Generational Curses
Exodus 20:5233 votes
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Deuteronomy 28:1-68229 votes
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Ephesians 6:12196 votes
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Galatians 3:13189 votes
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Ezekiel 18:19-20172 votes
Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
1 John 1:9147 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 8:2143 votes
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Numbers 14:18139 votes
The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Jeremiah 17:5128 votes
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
James 5:16128 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Galatians 3:13-14121 votes
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Matthew 16:19119 votes
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Genesis 12:3117 votes
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Isaiah 54:17115 votes
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
Deuteronomy 5:9107 votes
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
Psalms 103:1-22104 votes
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Proverbs 26:2101 votes
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
2 Corinthians 5:1793 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Proverbs 18:2188 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Exodus 34:782 votes
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Leviticus 26:4071 votes
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
Deuteronomy 24:1670 votes
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.
Romans 12:1469 votes
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Psalms 103:1766 votes
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
Romans 12:1-264 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
What does the Bible say about breaking generational curses?
Readers most often cite Exodus 20:5 on the subject of breaking generational curses. Across 4,879 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 28:1-68, Ephesians 6:12, Galatians 3:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.