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 shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Jeremiah 16:12
and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you do not listen to 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 do you mean, that you use this proverb 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 up, then, the measure of your fathers.
And are
Genesis 42:13
They said, "We, your 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 no more."
Job 7:8
The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus says the LORD: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more."
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 say no more, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'