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Generational Curses
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The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
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.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
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.
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. — read the full passage →
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, — read the full passage →
Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. — read the full passage →
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Keeping mercy 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, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, — read the full passage →
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 →
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: — read the full passage →
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: — read the full passage →
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 which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; — read the full passage →
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. — read the full passage →
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: — read the full passage →
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? — read the full passage →
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: — read the full passage →
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name,
And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. — read the full passage →
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. — read the full passage →
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; — read the full passage →
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, — read the full passage →
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. — read the full passage →
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, — read the full passage →
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. — read the full passage →
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. — read the full passage →
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. — read the full passage →
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. — read the full passage →
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; — read the full passage →
And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. — read the full passage →
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. — read the full passage →
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. — read the full passage →
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. — read the full passage →
Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. — read the full passage →
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. — read the full passage →
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. — read the full passage →
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →
And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
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