Bible Verses about 'Ancestors'

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• The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us.
  1 Kings 8:57nearnessreliabilityfamily
• Hear my prayer, O Lord,
  and give ear to my cry;
  hold not your peace at my tears!
  For I am a sojourner with you,
  a guest, like all my fathers.
  Psalm 39:12prayersadnesshumility
• Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
  Zechariah 1:4conversionevillistening
• Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
  1 Peter 1:18-19SaviorJesuslife
• To you, O God of my fathers,
  I give thanks and praise,
  for you have given me wisdom and might,
  and have now made known to me what we asked of you,
  for you have made known to us the king's matter.
  Daniel 2:23worshipwisdomprayer
• And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
  Deuteronomy 8:3sufferingWord of Godlife
• And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
  Joshua 24:15familyidolsfollowing
• For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another, if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.
  Jeremiah 7:5-7conversionwidowsorphans
• Thus says the Lord:
  “Stand by the roads, and look,
  and ask for the ancient paths,
  where the good way is; and walk in it,
  and find rest for your souls.
  But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’”
  Jeremiah 6:16restsoulgoodness
• But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
  who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,
  from you shall come forth for me
  one who is to be ruler in Israel,
  whose coming forth is from of old,
  from ancient days.
  Micah 5:2christmasprophecyJesus