Matthew 23:32

Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ sins!

Genesis 15:16

In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”

Numbers 32:14

And here you, a brood of sinners, stand in your fathers’ place adding even more to the Lord’s burning anger against Israel.

Zechariah 5:6-11

So I asked, “What is it?”

He responded, “It’s a measuring basket that is approaching.” And he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”

1 Thessalonians 2:16

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are always completing the number of their sins, and wrath has overtaken them at last.

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Summary

Matthew 23:32

Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

The measure

Genesis 15:16

Numbers 32:14

Zechariah 5:6

General references

Psalm 106:6

Luke 3:20

Bible References

The measure

In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”

And here you, a brood of sinners, stand in your fathers’ place adding even more to the Lord’s burning anger against Israel.

So I asked, “What is it?”

He responded, “It’s a measuring basket that is approaching.” And he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”

General references

Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.

added this to everything else—he locked John up in prison.