2 Kings 14:6

Good News Translation

However, he did not kill their children but followed what the Lord had commanded in the Law of Moses: “Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; people are to be put to death only for a crime they themselves have committed.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:30

Instead, those who eat sour grapes will have their own teeth set on edge; and everyone will die because of their own sin.”

Ezekiel 18:20

It is the one who sins who will die. A son is not to suffer because of his father's sins, nor a father because of the sins of his son. Good people will be rewarded for doing good, and evil people will suffer for the evil they do.

Ezekiel 18:4

The life of every person belongs to me, the life of the parent as well as that of the child. The person who sins is the one who will die.

Daniel 6:24

Then the king gave orders to arrest all those who had accused Daniel, and he had them thrown, together with their wives and children, into the pit filled with lions. Before they even reached the bottom of the pit, the lions pounced on them and broke all their bones.

Deuteronomy 24:16

“Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; people are to be put to death only for a crime they themselves have committed.