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Psalm 106:6
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Psalm 106:6
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6 Like our ancestors, we have sinned.
We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!
Psalm 106:6
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Psalm 106:6
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Psalm 78:8
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Psalm 78:8
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8 Then they will not be like their ancestors—
stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful,
refusing to give their hearts to God.
Psalm 78:8
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Psalm 78:8
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Nehemiah 9:16
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Nehemiah 9:16
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16 “But our ancestors were proud and stubborn, and they paid no attention to your commands.
Nehemiah 9:16
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Nehemiah 9:16
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1 Kings 8:47
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1 Kings 8:47
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47 But in that land of exile, they might turn to you in repentance and pray, ‘We have sinned, done evil, and acted wickedly.’
1 Kings 8:47
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1 Kings 8:47
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Daniel 9:5-8
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Daniel 9:5-8
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5 But we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations. 6 We have refused to listen to your servants the prophets, who spoke on your authority to our kings and princes and ancestors and to all the people of the land.
7 “Lord, you are in the right; but as you see, our faces are covered with shame. This is true of all of us, including the people of Judah and Jerusalem and all Israel, scattered near and far, wherever you have driven us because of our disloyalty to you. 8 O Lord, we and our kings, princes, and ancestors are covered with shame because we have sinned against you.
Daniel 9:5-8
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Daniel 9:5-8
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5 we have sinned(A) and done wrong.(B) We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away(C) from your commands and laws.(D) 6 We have not listened(E) to your servants the prophets,(F) who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors,(G) and to all the people of the land.
7 “Lord, you are righteous,(H) but this day we are covered with shame(I)—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered(J) us because of our unfaithfulness(K) to you.(L) 8 We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.(M)
Nehemiah 9:32-34
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Nehemiah 9:32-34
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32 “And now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of unfailing love, do not let all the hardships we have suffered seem insignificant to you. Great trouble has come upon us and upon our kings and leaders and priests and prophets and ancestors—all of your people—from the days when the kings of Assyria first triumphed over us until now. 33 Every time you punished us you were being just. We have sinned greatly, and you gave us only what we deserved. 34 Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey your Law or listen to the warnings in your commands and laws.
Nehemiah 9:32-34
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Nehemiah 9:32-34
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32 “Now therefore, our God, the great God, mighty(A) and awesome,(B) who keeps his covenant of love,(C) do not let all this hardship seem trifling in your eyes—the hardship(D) that has come on us, on our kings and leaders, on our priests and prophets, on our ancestors and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today. 33 In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous;(E) you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.(F) 34 Our kings,(G) our leaders, our priests and our ancestors(H) did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep.
Ezra 9:6-7
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Ezra 9:6-7
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6 I prayed,
“O my God, I am utterly ashamed; I blush to lift up my face to you. For our sins are piled higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached to the heavens. 7 From the days of our ancestors until now, we have been steeped in sin. That is why we and our kings and our priests have been at the mercy of the pagan kings of the land. We have been killed, captured, robbed, and disgraced, just as we are today.
Ezra 9:6-7
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Ezra 9:6-7
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6 and prayed:
“I am too ashamed(A) and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.(B) 7 From the days of our ancestors(C) until now, our guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword(D) and captivity,(E) to pillage and humiliation(F) at the hand of foreign kings, as it is today.
Leviticus 26:40
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Leviticus 26:40
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40 “But at last my people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying me and being hostile toward me.
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Leviticus 26:40
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Leviticus 26:40
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40 “‘But if they will confess(A) their sins(B) and the sins of their ancestors(C)—their unfaithfulness and their hostility toward me,
Acts 7:51-52
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Acts 7:51-52
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51 “You stubborn people! You are heathen[a] at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you! 52 Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.
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- 7:51 Greek uncircumcised.
Acts 7:51-52
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Acts 7:51-52
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51 “You stiff-necked people!(A) Your hearts(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(C) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(D)—
Matthew 23:32
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Matthew 23:32
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32 Go ahead and finish what your ancestors started.
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Matthew 23:32
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Matthew 23:32
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Jeremiah 3:25
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Jeremiah 3:25
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25 Let us now lie down in shame
and cover ourselves with dishonor,
for we and our ancestors have sinned
against the Lord our God.
From our childhood to this day
we have never obeyed him.”
Nehemiah 1:7
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Nehemiah 1:7
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7 We have sinned terribly by not obeying the commands, decrees, and regulations that you gave us through your servant Moses.
Nehemiah 1:7
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Nehemiah 1:7
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7 We have acted very wickedly(A) toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.
Numbers 32:14
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Numbers 32:14
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14 But here you are, a brood of sinners, doing exactly the same thing! You are making the Lord even angrier with Israel.
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Numbers 32:14
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Numbers 32:14
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14 “And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the Lord even more angry with Israel.(A)
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