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 thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Jeremiah 16:12
and you, ye have done still worse than your fathers; and there ye are walking every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, not to hearken unto me:
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge:
Ezekiel 18:2
What mean ye, ye who use this proverb of the land of Israel, saying, The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
Matthew 23:32
and ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
And are
Genesis 42:13
And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, 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 that hath seen me shall behold me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus saith Jehovah: A voice hath been heard in Ramah, the wail of very bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are not.
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 say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge: