Lamentations 5:7

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Our ancestors sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.

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  • Jer 16:12 : 12 And you have behaved even more wickedly than your ancestors, each one following the stubbornness of their own evil heart instead of listening to Me.
  • Jer 31:29 : 29 In those days, people will no longer say, 'The fathers ate sour grapes, and the children’s teeth were set on edge.'
  • Ezek 18:2 : 2 What do you mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers eat sour grapes, but the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
  • Zech 1:5 : 5 Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  • Jer 14:20 : 20 We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness and the guilt of our ancestors; indeed, we have sinned against You.
  • Jer 31:15 : 15 This is what the LORD says: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping—Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted because they are no more.
  • Job 7:8 : 8 The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.
  • Job 7:21 : 21 Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.
  • Gen 42:13 : 13 And they said, 'Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer alive.'
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 Their father Jacob said to them, 'You have deprived me of my children! Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!'
  • Matt 23:32-36 : 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your forefathers' sins! 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell? 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 106:6-7
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    84%

    6 We have sinned, just as our ancestors did; we have committed iniquity and acted wickedly.

    7 Our ancestors in Egypt did not consider Your miracles; they did not remember the abundance of Your lovingkindness but rebelled at the sea, the Red Sea.

  • Lam 5:8
    80%

    8 Slaves now rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their power.

  • Jer 14:20
    79%

    20 We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness and the guilt of our ancestors; indeed, we have sinned against You.

  • Lam 5:6
    78%

    6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

  • Ezra 9:7
    78%

    7 'From the days of our ancestors until now, we have been steeped in great guilt. Because of our sins, we, our kings and priests, have been handed over to the kings of the lands, to the sword, captivity, plunder, and humiliation, as it is today.'

  • Dan 9:5-6
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    78%

    5 we have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commandments and judgments.

    6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.

  • Jer 3:24-25
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    77%

    24 From our youth, shame has consumed all that our ancestors worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.

    25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our ancestors; from our youth to this day, we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

  • 2 Chr 29:6
    77%

    6 For our ancestors were unfaithful and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their backs on His dwelling place, and walked away.

  • Neh 9:33-36
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    76%

    33 You are righteous in all that has happened to us, because You have acted faithfully while we have acted wickedly.

    34 Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey Your law or pay attention to Your commandments and warnings You gave them.

    35 Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying Your abundant goodness and the spacious, fertile land You gave them, they did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds.

    36 Here we are today, slaves in the land You gave to our ancestors so they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness—here we are, slaves in it!

  • Jer 50:7
    76%

    7 All who found them devoured them. Their enemies said, 'We are not guilty, for they sinned against the LORD, their true pasture and the hope of their ancestors—the LORD.'

  • Dan 9:13-15
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    76%

    13 As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and gaining insight into Your truth.

    14 Therefore, the LORD has kept the disaster in store and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything He does, yet we have not obeyed His voice.

    15 Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and made a name for Yourself that endures to this day, we have sinned and acted wickedly.

  • Lam 3:42-43
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    42 We have transgressed and rebelled, and You have not forgiven.

    43 You have covered Yourself with anger and pursued us; You have slain without pity.

  • Dan 9:8-10
    3 verses
    76%

    8 O LORD, shame covers us—our kings, our rulers, and our ancestors—because we have sinned against You.

    9 The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him.

    10 We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by following His instructions, which He gave us through His servants the prophets.

  • Isa 59:12
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    12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Indeed, our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities.

  • 2 Chr 30:7
    75%

    7 Do not be like your ancestors and your brothers, who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their ancestors, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.

  • Neh 1:7
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    7 We have acted very corruptly against you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees, and laws you gave your servant Moses.

  • Lev 26:39-40
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    39 Those of you who remain will waste away in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their ancestors, they will waste away with them.

    40 But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness with which they were unfaithful to me, and also how they walked contrary to me—

  • Jer 2:5
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    5 This is what the LORD says: ‘What fault did your ancestors find in me that they strayed so far from me? They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves.

  • Ezek 18:20
    74%

    20 The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.

  • Neh 9:16
    73%

    16 But they, our ancestors, acted arrogantly. They stiffened their necks and did not obey Your commandments.

  • Lam 5:3
    73%

    3 We have become orphans, without a father; our mothers are like widows.

  • Ps 44:17
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    17 This is from the taunts of those who insult and revile, from the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

  • Deut 24:16
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    16 Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.

  • Num 20:15
    72%

    15 Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • Neh 5:5
    72%

    5 'Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Israelites, and our children are just like theirs, we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, and we are powerless to do anything about it, since our fields and vineyards now belong to others.'

  • Lam 5:16
    72%

    16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

  • Ps 78:3
    72%

    3 Things we have heard and known, which our ancestors have told us.

  • Matt 23:30
    72%

    30 and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

  • Jer 14:7
    72%

    7 Though our iniquities testify against us, LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.

  • Hos 14:3
    71%

    3 Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: 'Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the sacrifice of our lips.'

  • Isa 43:27
    71%

    27 Your first father sinned, and your mediators have rebelled against Me.

  • Isa 53:6
    71%

    6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  • Isa 65:7
    71%

    7 Your iniquities and the iniquities of your ancestors together,' says the LORD, 'because they burned incense on the mountains and reproached me on the hills; I will measure their former deeds into their laps.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:47
    71%

    47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly';

  • 2 Chr 29:9
    71%

    9 This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, daughters, and wives are in captivity today.

  • Zech 1:5
    71%

    5 Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?

  • Acts 7:39
    71%

    39 But our ancestors were unwilling to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

  • Ps 79:8
    71%

    8 Do not hold against us the sins of our ancestors; may Your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.

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