Matthew 23:32

Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!

Genesis 15:16

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit."

Numbers 32:14

Now look, you are standing in your fathers' place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the Lord against the Israelites.

Zechariah 5:6-11

I asked, "What is it?" And he replied, "It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here." Moreover, he said, "This is their 'eye' throughout all the earth."

1 Thessalonians 2:16

because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.

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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 your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit."

Now look, you are standing in your fathers' place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the Lord against the Israelites.

I asked, "What is it?" And he replied, "It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here." Moreover, he said, "This is their 'eye' throughout all the earth."

General references

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

Herod added this to them all: He locked up John in prison.