The idea of generational curses is not in the Bible, but the influence of the fathers is visited down to the third and fourth generations until someone breaks the cycle of sin by trusting in Christ.
Ezekiel 18:19-23
19 “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them, he shall certainly live.
20 The person who sins will die. A son will not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt, nor will a father suffer the punishment for the son’s guilt; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself."
21 “But if the wicked person turns from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall certainly live; he shall not die.
22 All his offenses which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live.
23 Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord God, “rather than that he would turn from his ways and live?"
It is repentance on the part of one person that breaks the cycle of sin within a family. The cycle of sin is not broken by someone just trying to do better, it is broken by trusting in Christ and desiring to be changed into a new creation by Him.
Proverbs 3:5-6 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Notice the passage says; "HE will make our paths straight", not us but Him.
This does not mean that all those who come after the repentant one will automatically become saved. It means that a new influence has been created that will impact future generations, but each person will still have to repent and desire to be changed by Christ.
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