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
See that thou neither bow thyself unto them neither serve them: for I, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God, and visit the sin of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:
Jeremiah 16:12
And ye, with your shameful blasphemies, have exceeded the wickedness of your fathers. For every one of you followeth the froward and evil imagination of his own heart, and is not obedient unto me.
Jeremiah 31:29
Then shall it no more be said, 'The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'
Ezekiel 18:2
"What mean ye by this common proverb, that ye use in the land of Israel, saying, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'?
Matthew 23:32
Fulfill ye likewise the measure of your fathers:
And are
Genesis 42:13
And they said, "We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is yet with our father, and one no man knoweth where he is."
Job 7:8
yea, and that none other man's eye shall see me anymore.
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus sayeth the LORD, "The voice of heaviness, weeping and lamentation was heard on the hills; even of Rachel mourning for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were not."
Zechariah 1:5
What is now become of your forefathers and the prophets? Are they yet still alive?
General references
Jeremiah 31:29
Then shall it no more be said, 'The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'