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
Thou shalt not bow down to them nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generation of those that hate me
Jeremiah 16:12
and ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk each one after the imagination of his evil heart, not hearkening unto me:
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall no longer say, The fathers have eaten the sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Ezekiel 18:2
What mean ye, that ye use this saying concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge?
Matthew 23:32
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
And are
Genesis 42:13
And they said, Thy slaves are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Job 7:8
The eyes of those that see me now shall not see me again; thine eyes shall be upon me, and I will cease to be.
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus hath the LORD said; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her sons, she refused to be comforted regarding her sons, because they perished.
Zechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
General references
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall no longer say, The fathers have eaten the sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.