That same law is also applicable in the moral field. Aberrant behavior begets aberrant behavior. Licentious behavior begets licentious behavior. Criminal behavior begets criminal behavior. Behavior, by its very nature, is learned.
Aberrant behavior is also learned behavior.
That s why alcoholics tend to produce children who become alcoholics. That s why those who molest children were often first molested as children. Behavior is learned at a very young age. The values and principles we learn, as children become the character traits that grow into full blossom later on in years. Not only do adulterers bring God s judgment upon themselves they bring it upon their own families, their children, their grandchildren and their great grandchildren, unto the fourth generation.