Jeremiah 31:29

New International Reader's Version

“In those days people will no longer say, “ ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes. But the children have a bitter taste in their mouths.’

Cross References

Job 21:19

People say, ‘God stores up the punishment of evil people for their children.’ But let God punish the evil people themselves. Then they’ll learn a lesson from it.

Jeremiah 31:30

Instead, everyone will die for their own sin. The one who eats sour grapes will taste how bitter they are.

Lamentations 5:7

Our people of long ago sinned. And they are now dead. We are being punished because of their sins.

Deuteronomy 24:16

Parents must not be put to death because of what their children do. And children must not be put to death because of what their parents do. People must die because of their own sins.