Exodus 20:5
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5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me(A)
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Numbers 14:18
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18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger
and abounding in steadfast love,
forgiving iniquity and transgression,
but by no means clearing the guilty,
visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
to the third and the fourth generation.’(A)
Nahum 1:2
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The Consuming Wrath of God
2 A jealous and avenging God is the Lord;
the Lord is avenging and wrathful;
the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
and prolongs it against his enemies.(A)
Deuteronomy 5:9
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9 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents to the third and fourth generation of those who reject me(A)
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Deuteronomy 4:24
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24 For the Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.(A)
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Exodus 34:14
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14 for you shall worship no other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.(A)
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Jeremiah 32:18
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18 You show steadfast love to the thousandth generation[a] but repay the guilt of parents into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the Lord of hosts,(A)
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- 32.18 Or to thousands
Isaiah 65:6-7
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6 See, it is written before me:
I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
I will indeed repay into their laps(A)
7 their[a] iniquities and their[b] ancestors’ iniquities together,
says the Lord;
because they offered incense on the mountains
and reviled me on the hills,
I will measure into their laps
full payment for their actions.(B)
Psalm 109:14
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14 May the iniquity of his father[a] be remembered before the Lord,
and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.(A)
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- 109.14 Cn: Heb fathers
Psalm 79:8
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8 Do not remember against us the iniquities of our ancestors;
let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
for we are brought very low.(A)
Joshua 24:19
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19 But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.(A)
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Joshua 23:7
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7 so that you may not be mixed with these nations left here among you, or make mention of the names of their gods, or swear by them, or serve them, or bow yourselves down to them,(A)
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Deuteronomy 6:15
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15 because the Lord your God, who is present with you, is a jealous God. The anger of the Lord your God would be kindled against you and he would destroy you from the face of the earth.(A)
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Numbers 14:33
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33 And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years and shall suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness.(A)
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Exodus 23:24
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24 you shall not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices, but you shall utterly demolish them and break their pillars in pieces.(A)
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Romans 1:30
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30 slanderers, God-haters,[a] insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious toward parents,(A)
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- 1.30 Or God-hated
John 15:23-24
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23 Whoever hates me hates my Father also.(A) 24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.(B)
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John 15:18
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The World’s Hatred
18 “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.(A)
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Matthew 23:34-36
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34 For this reason I send you prophets, sages, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town, 35 so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come upon this generation.
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Jeremiah 2:9
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9 Therefore once more I accuse you,
says the Lord,
and I accuse your children’s children.(A)
Isaiah 44:19
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19 No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. Now shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”(A)
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Isaiah 44:15
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15 Then it can be used as fuel. Part of it he takes and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it, makes it a carved image and bows down before it.(A)
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Isaiah 14:20-21
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20 You will not be joined with them in burial
because you have destroyed your land;
you have killed your people.
May the descendants of evildoers
nevermore be named!(A)
21 Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons
because of the guilt of their father.[a]
Let them never rise to possess the earth
or cover the face of the world with cities.(B)
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- 14.21 Syr Compare Gk: Heb fathers
Psalm 81:15
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15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,
and their doom would last forever.
Job 5:4
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4 Their children are far from safety,
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.(A)
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