Bible Verses about 'Ancestors'

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• The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; may he not leave us or abandon us.
  1 Kings 8:57nearnessreliabilityfamily
• Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.” But they did not hear or heed me, says the Lord.
  Zechariah 1:4conversionevillistening
• To you, O God of my ancestors,
  I give thanks and praise,
  for you have given me wisdom and power,
  and have now revealed to me what we asked of you,
  for you have revealed to us what the king ordered.
  Daniel 2:23worshipwisdomprayer
• You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.
  1 Peter 1:18-19SaviorJesuslife
• He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
  Deuteronomy 8:3sufferingWord of Godlife
• Hear my prayer, O Lord,
  and give ear to my cry;
  do not hold your peace at my tears.
  For I am your passing guest,
  an alien, like all my forebears.
  Psalm 39:12prayersadnesshumility
• Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
  Joshua 24:15familyidolsfollowing
• For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt, then I will dwell with you in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your ancestors forever and ever.
  Jeremiah 7:5-7conversionwidowsorphans