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Deuteronomy 24:16
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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.
About Deuteronomy 24:16
Deuteronomy 24:16 is one of the Bible's foundational texts on Second Death. Found in the law of Deuteronomy, this Old Testament passage has guided believers through every season of life.
Related Verses
- 1 John 5:16
“If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.”
- 2 Kings 14:6
“But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.”
- Deuteronomy 17:6
“At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.”
- Proverbs 14:12
“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”
- Psalms 23:4
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
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How to Apply Deuteronomy 24:16
Meditate on Deuteronomy 24:16 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of Second Death applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.