Quotes about Fathers

Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”

And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place.

Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.

And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

And Menahem rested with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah reigned in his place.

And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”

because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’”