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 may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
Jeremiah 16:12
And you have done worse evil than your fathers; for see, every one of you is guided by the pride of his evil heart, so as not to give ear to me:
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are put on edge.
Ezekiel 18:2
Why do you make use of this saying about the land of Israel, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are on edge?
Matthew 23:32
Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.
And are
Genesis 42:13
Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.
Job 7:8
The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
Jeremiah 31:15
So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.
Zechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they go on living for ever?
General references
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are put on edge.