Deuteronomy 24:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:4

But he did not put their children to death, for he kept the orders of the Lord recorded in the book of the law of Moses, saying, The fathers are not to be put to death for their children or the children for their fathers, but a man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

Ezekiel 18:20

The soul which does sin will be put to death: the son will not be made responsible for the evil-doing of the father, or the father for the evil-doing of the son; the righteousness of the upright will be on himself, and the evil-doing of the evil-doer on himself.

Ezekiel 18:4

See, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so the soul of the son is mine: death will be the fate of the sinner's soul.

Daniel 6:24

And at the king's order, they took those men who had said evil against Daniel, and put them in the lions' hole, with their wives and their children; and they had not got to the floor of the hole before the lions overcame them and all their bones were broken.

Numbers 26:11

But death did not overtake the sons of Korah.

1 Samuel 22:16

And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.