Deuteronomy 24:16

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers: but every one shall die for his own sin.

Cross References

Ezekiel 18:20

The soul that sinneth, the same shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son. The justice of the just shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

2 Chronicles 25:4

But he slew not their children, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying: The fathers shall not be slain for the children, nor the children for their fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

Numbers 26:11

That when Core perished, his sons did not perish.

1 Samuel 22:16

And the king said: Dying, thou shalt die, Achimelech. Thou and all thy father's house.

Ezekiel 18:4

Behold, all souls are mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, the same shall die.