Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
General references
Bible References
Fathers
Exodus 20:5 You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Jeremiah 16:12
You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.
Jeremiah 31:29 “In those days they will not say again,
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth areset on edge.’
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And the children’s teeth are
Ezekiel 18:2
“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,
‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,
But the children’s teethare set on edge’?
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But the children’s teeth
Matthew 23:32 Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.
And are
Genesis 42:13
But they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no longer alive.”
Job 7:8 “The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer;
Your eyes will be on me, butI will not be.
Your eyes will be on me, but
Jeremiah 31:15 Thus says the Lord,
“A voice is heard in Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
Sherefuses to be comforted for her children,
Becausethey are no more.”
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Lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
She
Because
Zechariah 1:5
“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
General references
Jeremiah 31:29 “In those days they will not say again,
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth areset on edge.’
‘
And the children’s teeth are