Bible Verses About Sins of the Father
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sins of the father, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 15,787 votes, led by Deuteronomy 24:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sins of the Father
Deuteronomy 24:16846 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.
Exodus 34:7739 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.
Ezekiel 18:19-20625 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.
Numbers 14:18587 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.
Exodus 20:5569 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 5:9469 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,
John 9:1-3411 votes
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
Ezekiel 18:20358 votes
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Jeremiah 31:29-34332 votes
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Exodus 20:1-26299 votes
And God spake all these words, saying,
Romans 6:23253 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 3:23245 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
1 John 1:9231 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2 Corinthians 5:17222 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Romans 12:19211 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 18:1-32210 votes
The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,
1 John 5:18207 votes
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Acts 16:31191 votes
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Exodus 34:6-7184 votes
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Isaiah 14:21183 votes
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
Psalms 51:5177 votes
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
2 Corinthians 5:21153 votes
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Mark 11:25143 votes
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Galatians 5:19-21139 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
1 Kings 15:3136 votes
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.
What does the Bible say about sins of the father?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 24:16 on the subject of sins of the father. Across 15,787 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 34:7, Ezekiel 18:19-20, Numbers 14:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.