Holy Scripture
1 Samuel 8:3
A church father on this verse
“But possibly you flatter yourself that since the bishop who has made you a deacon is a holy man, his merits will atone for your transgressions. I have already told you that the father is not punished for the son or the son for the father. "The soul that sins shall itself die." Samuel too had sons who forsook the fear…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3And his sons did not walk in his way; and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments.
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In context
1And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
2And these are the names of his sons; Joel the firstborn, and the name of the second Abijah, judges in Beersheba.
— 1 Samuel 8:3 —
4And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Ramah to Samuel,
5and they said to him, Behold, thou art grown old, and thy sons walk not in thy way; and now set over us a king to judge us, as also the other nations have.