Iniquities of their fathers

1. Ex. 20: 5
   
   

     5 Thou shalt not ^abow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a ^bjealous God, ^cvisiting the ^diniquity of the ^efathers upon the ^fchildren unto the third and fourth generation of them that ^ghate me;
2. Ex. 34: 7
   
   

     7 Keeping mercy for thousands, ^aforgiving iniquity and transgression and ^bsin, ^cand that will by no means ^dclear the ^eguilty; visiting the ^finiquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
3. Lev. 26: 39-40
   
   

     39 And they that are left of you shall ^apine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
   
   

     40 If they shall ^aconfess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
4. Num. 14: 18
   
   

     18 The ^aLord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, ^bforgiving 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.
5. Deut. 5: 9
   
   

     9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting ^athe iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth ^bgeneration of them that ^chate me,
6. Neh. 9: 2
   
   

     2 And the seed of Israel ^aseparated themselves from all ^bstrangers, and stood and ^cconfessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
7. Ps. 109: 14
   
   

     14 Let the ^ainiquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
8. Isa. 14: 21
   
   

     21 Prepare slaughter for his ^achildren for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
9. Isa. 65: 7
   
   

     7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and ^ablasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
10. Jer. 14: 20
    
    

      20 We ^aacknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have ^bsinned against thee.
11. Jer. 32: 18
    
    

      18 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,
12. Ezek. 18: 17, 19-20
    
    

      17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
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      19 ¶ 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.
    
    

      20 The soul that ^asinneth, it shall die. The son shall not ^bbear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the ^crighteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
13. Dan. 9: 16
    
    

      16 ¶ O Lord, according to all thy ^arighteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy ^bmountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a ^creproach to all that are about us.
14. 2 Ne. 24: 21
    
    

      21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the ^ainiquities of their fathers, that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
15. Jacob 3: 7
    
    

      7 Behold, their ^ahusbands ^blove their ^cwives, and their wives love their husbands; and their husbands and their wives love their children; and their ^dunbelief and their hatred towards you is because of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than they, in the sight of your great Creator?
16. Mosiah 10: 12
    
    

      12 They were a ^awild, and ferocious, and a blood-thirsty people, believing in the ^btradition of their fathers, which is this—Believing that they were driven out of the land of Jerusalem because of the iniquities of their fathers, and that they were ^cwronged in the wilderness by their brethren, and they were also wronged while crossing the sea;
17. Mosiah 13: 13
    
    

      13 And again: Thou shalt not ^abow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate me;
18. Mosiah 19: 17
    
    

      17 And now Limhi was desirous that his father should not be destroyed; nevertheless, Limhi was not ignorant of the iniquities of his father, he himself being a just man.
19. Mosiah 28: 2
    
    

      2 ^aThat perhaps they might bring them to the knowledge of the Lord their God, and convince them of the iniquity of their fathers; and that perhaps they might cure them of their ^bhatred towards the Nephites, that they might also be brought to rejoice in the Lord their God, that they might become friendly to one another, and that there should be no more contentions in all the land which the Lord their God had given them.
20. D&C 3: 18
    
    

      18 And this ^atestimony shall come to the knowledge of the ^bLamanites, and the Lemuelites, and the Ishmaelites, who ^cdwindled in unbelief because of the ^diniquity of their fathers, whom the Lord has suffered to destroy their ^ebrethren the Nephites, because of their ^finiquities and their abominations.