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, O Lord,
  And give ear to my cry;
  Do not be silent at my tears;
  For I am a stranger with You,
  A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
  Psalm 39:12prayersadnesshumility
• “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not hear nor heed Me,” says the Lord.
  Zechariah 1:4conversionevillistening
• Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
  1 Peter 1:18-19SaviorJesuslife
• I thank You and praise You,
  O God of my fathers;
  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 demand.
  Daniel 2:23worshipwisdomprayer
• So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
  Deuteronomy 8:3sufferingWord of Godlife
• And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of 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 thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt, then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
  Jeremiah 7:5-7conversionwidowsorphans