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 shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I, LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Jeremiah 16:12
And ye have done evil more than your fathers, for, behold, ye walk each one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not to me.
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall no more say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the son's teeth are set on edge.
Ezekiel 18:2
What do ye mean, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the son's teeth are set on edge?
Matthew 23:32
Then fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
And are
Genesis 42:13
And they said, We thy servants are twelve brothers, 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 eye of him who sees me shall behold me no more. Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus says LORD: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping. Rachel weeping for her children, she refused to be comforted for her children, because they are not.
Zechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
General references
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall no more say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the son's teeth are set on edge.