Psalm 109:14

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Cross-reference

Psalm 25:7 Contrast

Psalm 25:7 asks God to forget sins of youth, opposite of this verse's request to remember ancestors' sins.

Exodus 20:5 Parallel

Exodus 20:5 states God visits fathers' iniquity on children — the same principle the psalmist invokes against his enemy.

2 Samuel 3:29 is a similar curse on Joab's house, asking for perpetual judgment — parallel to the psalmist's prayer for remembered sins.

2 Samuel 21:1 Historical context

In 2 Samuel 21:1, God remembers Saul's sin against Gibeonites, bringing famine — a direct example of ancestral iniquity being punished.

Nehemiah 4:5 directly parallels this imprecatory prayer, asking God not to cover or blot out enemies' sins.

Isaiah 43:25 contrasts sharply: God promises to blot out transgressions, while this verse asks not to blot out.

Jeremiah 18:23 echoes this plea: 'Forgive not their iniquity, nor blot out their sin' — a near identical imprecation.

In Matthew 23:31-36, Jesus declares that the blood of all prophets will come on this generation — a NT parallel to the psalm's call for ancestral sin to be remembered.

Isaiah 44:22 declares God blots out transgressions like a cloud, contrasting with the plea not to blot out.

Lamentations 1:22 prays for evil deeds to come before God, similar to this verse's call to remember ancestors' sins.

Leviticus 26:39 says survivors rot for their own and their fathers' iniquity — echoing the psalmist's plea that fathers' sins be remembered.