Bible Verses about 'Ancestors'

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• May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us or abandon us.
  1 Kings 8:57 nearness reliability family
• Hear my prayer, O Lord!
  Listen to my cries for help!
  Don’t ignore my tears.
  For I am your guest—
  a traveler passing through,
  as my ancestors were before me.
  Psalm 39:12 prayer sadness humility
• I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors,
  for you have given me wisdom and strength.
  You have told me what we asked of you
  and revealed to us what the king demanded.
  Daniel 2:23 worship wisdom prayer
• Don’t be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.’
  Zechariah 1:4 conversion evil listening
• For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.
  1 Peter 1:18-19 Savior Jesus life
• Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
  Deuteronomy 8:3 suffering Word of God life
• But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.
  Joshua 24:15 family idols following
• But I will be merciful only if you stop your evil thoughts and deeds and start treating each other with justice; only if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; only if you stop your murdering; and only if you stop harming yourselves by worshiping idols. Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.
  Jeremiah 7:5-7 conversion widows orphans