Bible Verses about 'Ancestors'

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• May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us nor forsake us.
  1 Kings 8:57nearnessreliabilityfamily
• Hear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry for help;
  Do not be silent to my tears;
  For I am a stranger with You,
  One who lives abroad, like all my fathers.
  Psalm 39:12prayersadnesshumility
• “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
  Zechariah 1:4conversionevillistening
• Knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
  1 Peter 1:18-19SaviorJesuslife
• To You, God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise,
  For You have given me wisdom and power;
  Even now You have made known to me what we requested of You,
  For You have made known to us the king’s matter.
  Daniel 2:23worshipwisdomprayer
• And He humbled you and let you go hungry, and fed you with the manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, in order to make you understand that man shall not live on bread alone, but man shall live on everything that comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
  Deuteronomy 8:3sufferingWord of Godlife
• But if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served, which were beyond the Euphrates River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; 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 practice justice between a person and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor follow other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
  Jeremiah 7:5-7conversionwidowsorphans
• This is what the Lord says:
  “Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths,
  Where the good way is, and walk in it;
  Then you will find a resting place for your souls.
  But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’”
  Jeremiah 6:16restsoulgoodness