What does the Bible say about breaking generational curses?

Understanding the “Generational Curse” of Exodus 34:7 Is the “generational curse” real? Exodus 34:7 says that God “[visits] the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” This worries me because my family has some skeletons in the closet — and sometimes I think past sins are playing out. Does God hold me responsible for something that someone else did?

Question: “What does the Bible say about breaking generational curses?”

Answer: The Bible mentions “generational curses” in several places (Exodus 20:5; 34:7; Numbers 14:18; Deuteronomy 5:9). God warns that He is “a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.”

It sounds unfair for God to punish children for the sins of their fathers. However, there is more to it than that. The effects of sin are naturally passed down from one generation to the next. When a father has a sinful lifestyle, his children are likely to practice the same sinful lifestyle. Implied in the warning of Exodus 20:5 is the fact that the children will choose to repeat the sins of their fathers. A Jewish Targum specifies that this passage refers to “ungodly fathers” and “rebellious children.” So, it is not unjust for God to punish sin to the third or fourth generation – those generations are committing the same sins their ancestors did.

There is a trend in the church today to try to blame every sin and problem on some sort of generational curse. This is not biblical. God’s warning to visit iniquity on future generations is part of the Old Testament Law. A generational curse was a consequence for a specific nation (Israel) for a specific sin (idolatry). The history books of the Old Testament (especially Judges) contain the record of this divine punishment meted out.

The cure for a generational curse has always been repentance. When Israel turned from idols to serve the living God, the “curse” was broken and God saved them (Judges 3:9, 15; 1 Samuel 12:10-11). Yes, God promised to visit Israel’s sin upon the third and fourth generations, but in the very next verse He promised that He would show “love to a thousand [generations] of those who love me and keep my commandments” (Exodus 20:6). In other words, God’s grace lasts a thousand times longer than His wrath.

For someone worried about a generational curse, the answer is salvation through Jesus Christ. A Christian is a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). How can a child of God still be under God’s curse (Romans 8:1)? The cure for a “generational curse” is repentance of the sin in question, faith in Christ, and a life consecrated to the Lord (Romans 12:1-2).

SOOO THERE ARE “CONSEQUENCES”, THAT WILL BE “MULTI-GENERATIONAL” AGAIN, COMING FROM THESE “LIES/HATRED/BIGOTRY/EVILNESS” FROM T-MAN AND HIS CRONIES. AND EVEN NOW AS “THOUSANDS, MAYBE MILLIONS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, SO FAR, HAVE NOT BEEN RELOCATED, TO BE RECONNECTED WITH THEIR CLASS MATES; THEIR “GENERATIONS AND MULTI-GENERATIONS” MAY BE “UNEDUCATED” AND HAVE BEEN “MENTALLY” PUT BACKWARDS AGAIN FOR MANY YEARS.

I AM PRAYING AND HOPING THAT MY SONS AND THEIR WIVES CAN BREAK THE GENERATIONAL CYCLES OF DIVORCES AND CHEATING AND SEPARATIONS AS MANY OF MY OWN MISTAKES AND THOSE I INHERITED FROM MY FATHER AND MOTHER=(NOT SO MUCH HER FAULT??) AND THAT, ALL OF THE FAMILY’S SINS CAN NOT BE BORN BY THE GENERATIONS TO COME.

BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ELECTING AND HAVE ELECTED THE T-MAN, WHO IS STILL LYING AND SPREADING LIES; AS A PRESIDENT=WE HAVE INVOKED THE “GENERATIONAL SINS UPON THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA=FOR GENERATIONS TO COME…