Bible Verses About Generation

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

[There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.

[There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw-teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows,

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah.

The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah [is] here.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.

Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also to this wicked generation.

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign; and there shall no sign been to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized by him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

And Jesus answering, said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

And when the people were assembled in crowds, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.

The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah [is] here.

That the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

There were they in great fear: for God [is] in the generation of the righteous.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.

Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?

[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

[There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

[Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

Verily I say to you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things shall be fulfilled.

And his mercy [is] on them that fear him, from generation to generation.