Matthew 23:32

Then finish what your ancestors started!

Genesis 15:16

Your descendants will return here in the fourth generation, since the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet run its course."

Numbers 32:14

And now, look! You're acting just like your ancestors, like a brood of sinful men, who are provoking the fierce anger of the LORD against the Israelis one step at a time.

Zechariah 5:6-11

So I asked, "What is it?" He replied, "This is a basket making its appearance." He also said, "This is what it appears to be in the entire land."

1 Thessalonians 2:16

as they try to keep us from telling the gentiles how they can be saved. As a result, they are constantly adding to the number of sins they have committed. However, wrath has overtaken them at last!

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

General references

Bible References

The measure

Genesis 15:16
Your descendants will return here in the fourth generation, since the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet run its course."
Numbers 32:14
And now, look! You're acting just like your ancestors, like a brood of sinful men, who are provoking the fierce anger of the LORD against the Israelis one step at a time.
Zechariah 5:6
So I asked, "What is it?" He replied, "This is a basket making its appearance." He also said, "This is what it appears to be in the entire land."

General references

Psalm 106:6
We have sinned, along with our ancestors; we have committed iniquity and wickedness.
Luke 3:20
Added to all this, Herod locked John up in prison.

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