What are Bible passages that talk about family curses?
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1. Exodus 20:5 - "You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me."
2. Deuteronomy 5:9 - "You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me."
3. Galatians 3:13 - "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.'"
4. Proverbs 26:2 - "Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest."
5. Proverbs 17:13 - "If a man pays back evil for good, evil will never leave his house."
6. Lamentations 5:7 - "Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment."
7. Ezekiel 18:2-3 - "What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: 'The parents eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel."
8. Numbers 14:18 - "The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation."
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Old Testament
- Genesis 9:25-27: Curse of Canaan (Descendants) - Numbers 14:33-34: Curse of Israelites for unbelief (40 years in the wilderness) - Deuteronomy 27:15-26: Curses for breaking the covenant (theft, murder, oppression) - Ezekiel 18:1-20: Individual responsibility for sins, not inherited curses - Jeremiah 32:18-19: Promise of blessing for obedience, curse for disobedience
New Testament
- Matthew 23:35-36: Curse on the Pharisees for persecution of the prophets - Acts 5:1-11: Curse of Ananias and Sapphira for deception and lying - 1 Peter 3:9: Rejection of curses and blessing others instead