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Generation To Generation
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One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.
Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth; — read the full passage →
thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me, — read the full passage →
This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.
We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.
And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.
For Jehovah is good; his lovingkindness endureth for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations.
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many. — read the full passage →
Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →
But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me;
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. — read the full passage →
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →
A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.
And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
The soul that sinneth, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.
That the generation to come might knowthem, even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tellthemto their children,
Mark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following.
And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, even Jacob. [Selah
and he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →
and all the brethren that are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:
and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures,
For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: — read the full passage →
And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
So all the generations from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations; and from David unto the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon unto the Christ fourteen generations.
For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
This only would I learn from you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: — read the full passage →
For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.
And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them;
that thou mightest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith Jehovah hath made it sick;
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:
and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue:
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come. — read the full passage →
Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.
whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. — read the full passage →
Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →
For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:
For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; — read the full passage →
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. — read the full passage →
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob): — read the full passage →
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father.
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, — read the full passage →
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.