Deuteronomy 24:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“Parents must not be put to death for something their children did. And children must not be put to death for something their parents did. People should be put to death only for a bad thing that they themselves did.

Cross References

Ezekiel 18:20

The one who sins is the one who will be put to death. A son will not be punished for his father’s sins, and a father will not be punished for his son’s sins. A good man’s goodness belongs to him alone, and a bad man’s evil belongs to him alone.

2 Chronicles 25:4

But Amaziah obeyed the law written in the Book of Moses and did not kill the official’s children. The Lord commanded, “Parents must not be put to death for something their children did, and children must not be put to death for something their parents did. People should be put to death only for what they themselves did.”

Numbers 26:11

But the other people who were from the family of Korah did not die.

Daniel 6:24

Then the king gave a command to bring the men who had accused Daniel to the lions’ den. The men and their wives and children were thrown into the lions’ den. The lions grabbed them before they hit the floor. The lions ate their bodies and then chewed on their bones.

1 Samuel 22:16

But the king said, “Ahimelech, you and all your relatives must die.”

Ezekiel 18:4

I will treat everyone, child and parent, just the same. The one who sins is the one who will die!