Exodus 20:5

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

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Exodus 20:5 in all English translations

Numbers 14:18

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

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Isaiah 65:6-7

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

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Jeremiah 32:18

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