Concordance

“Generation” in the Bible

160 verses contain “generation” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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  1. Genesis 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
  2. Genesis 6:9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
  3. Genesis 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
  4. Genesis 9:12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
  5. Genesis 10:32 All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
  6. Genesis 15:16 In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
  7. Genesis 17:9 God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
  8. Genesis 17:12 Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even…
  9. Genesis 50:23 He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
  10. Exodus 1:6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
  11. Exodus 3:15 …ame forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every…
  12. Exodus 12:14 And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
  13. Exodus 12:17 …gypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to…
  14. Exodus 12:42 …l to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to…
  15. Exodus 16:32 …what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the…
  16. Exodus 16:33 So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”
  17. Exodus 17:16 “Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
  18. Exodus 20:5 …ty of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate…
  19. Exodus 20:6 but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
  20. Exodus 27:21 …his is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to…
  21. Exodus 29:42 For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.
  22. Exodus 30:8 When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.
  23. Exodus 30:10 …l make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar…
  24. Exodus 30:21 Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
  25. Exodus 30:31 And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
  26. Exodus 31:13 …abbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies…
  27. Exodus 31:16 The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.
  28. Exodus 34:7 maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the…
  29. Exodus 40:15 …ll qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their…
  30. Leviticus 3:17 This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
  31. Leviticus 6:18 …portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become…
  32. Leviticus 7:36 On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.
  33. Leviticus 10:9 …, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to…
  34. Leviticus 17:7 …emselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to…
  35. Leviticus 21:17 “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
  36. Leviticus 22:3 Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the…
  37. Leviticus 23:14 …ring to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you…
  38. Leviticus 23:21 …This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to…
  39. Leviticus 23:31 You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
  40. Leviticus 23:41 …r seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh…
  41. Leviticus 24:3 …ng until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to…
  42. Numbers 10:8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
  43. Numbers 14:18 … of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth…
  44. Numbers 15:14 And for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he…
  45. Numbers 15:15 …for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the…
  46. Numbers 15:21 Throughout your generations, you are to give the LORD an offering from the first of your dough.
  47. Numbers 15:23 all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come—
  48. Numbers 15:38 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue…
  49. Numbers 18:23 …st bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the…
  50. Numbers 32:13 The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.
  51. Numbers 35:29 This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.
  52. Deuteronomy 1:35 “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,
  53. Deuteronomy 2:14 …he Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to…
  54. Deuteronomy 5:9 …ty of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate…
  55. Deuteronomy 5:10 but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
  56. Deuteronomy 7:9 …od who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His…
  57. Deuteronomy 23:2 No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
  58. Deuteronomy 23:3 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
  59. Deuteronomy 23:8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
  60. Deuteronomy 29:22 Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has…
  61. Deuteronomy 32:5 His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.
  62. Deuteronomy 32:20 He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.
  63. Joshua 22:27 Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace…
  64. Judges 2:10 After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
  65. Judges 3:2 if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
  66. Ruth 4:18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
  67. 2 Kings 10:30 …ve done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of…
  68. 2 Kings 15:12 So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
  69. 1 Chronicles 16:15 Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
  70. Esther 9:28 These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the…
  71. Job 8:8 Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
  72. Job 42:16 After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
  73. Psalms 12:7 You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
  74. Psalms 22:30 Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
  75. Psalms 24:6 Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
  76. Psalms 33:11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
  77. Psalms 45:17 I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
  78. Psalms 48:13 consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
  79. Psalms 49:11 Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
  80. Psalms 49:19 he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
  81. Psalms 61:6 Increase the days of the king’s life; may his years span many generations.
  82. Psalms 71:18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
  83. Psalms 72:5 May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
  84. Psalms 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
  85. Psalms 78:6 that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children
  86. Psalms 78:8 Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
  87. Psalms 79:13 Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
  88. Psalms 85:5 Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
  89. Psalms 89:1 I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
  90. Psalms 89:4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
  91. Psalms 90:1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
  92. Psalms 95:10 For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”
  93. Psalms 100:5 For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
  94. Psalms 102:12 But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
  95. Psalms 102:18 Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
  96. Psalms 102:24 I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
  97. Psalms 105:8 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
  98. Psalms 106:31 It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
  99. Psalms 109:13 May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
  100. Psalms 112:2 His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
  101. Psalms 119:90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
  102. Psalms 135:13 Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
  103. Psalms 145:4 One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
  104. Psalms 145:13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
  105. Psalms 146:10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
  106. Proverbs 27:24 for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
  107. Proverbs 30:11 There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
  108. Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
  109. Proverbs 30:13 There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
  110. Proverbs 30:14 there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
  111. Ecclesiastes 1:4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
  112. Isaiah 13:20 She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
  113. Isaiah 34:10 It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
  114. Isaiah 34:17 He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
  115. Isaiah 41:4 Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
  116. Isaiah 51:8 For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
  117. Isaiah 51:9 …strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the…
  118. Isaiah 61:4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
  119. Jeremiah 2:31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to…
  120. Jeremiah 7:29 Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’
  121. Jeremiah 50:39 So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
  122. Lamentations 5:19 You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
  123. Daniel 4:3 How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.
  124. Daniel 4:34 …on is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to…
  125. Joel 1:3 Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
  126. Joel 3:20 But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
  127. Matthew 1:17 In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.
  128. Matthew 11:16 To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
  129. Matthew 12:39 Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
  130. Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
  131. Matthew 12:42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One…
  132. Matthew 12:45 …man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked…
  133. Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.
  134. Matthew 17:17 “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
  135. Matthew 23:36 Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
  136. Matthew 24:34 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
  137. Mark 8:12 Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
  138. Mark 8:38 …is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy…
  139. Mark 9:19 “O unbelieving generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.”
  140. Mark 13:30 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
  141. Luke 1:48 For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
  142. Luke 1:50 His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
  143. Luke 7:31 “To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?
  144. Luke 9:41 “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
  145. Luke 11:29 As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
  146. Luke 11:30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
  147. Luke 11:31 …of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now…
  148. Luke 11:32 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
  149. Luke 11:50 As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
  150. Luke 11:51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

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