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1 Kings 8 47
and when they come to their senses in the land where they were deported and repent and petition You in their captors’ land:“ We have sinned and done wrong; we have been wicked,”
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Ezra 9:6-7
And I said: My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.Our guilt has been terrible from the days of our fathers until the present. Because of our iniquities we have been handed over, along with our kings and priests, to the surrounding kings, and to the sword, captivity, plundering, and open shame, as it is today.
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Leviticus 26:40
“ But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers— their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me,
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Nehemiah 9:16
But our ancestors acted arrogantly; they became stiff-necked and did not listen to Your commands.
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Psalms 78:8
Then they would not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not loyal and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
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Daniel 9:5-8
we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commands and ordinances.We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel— those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where You have dispersed them because of the disloyalty they have shown toward You.Lord, public shame belongs to us, our kings, our leaders, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
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Nehemiah 1:7
We have acted corruptly toward You and have not kept the commands, statutes, and ordinances You gave Your servant Moses.
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Jeremiah 3:25
Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the Lord our God, both we and our fathers, from the time of our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”
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Numbers 32:14
And here you, a brood of sinners, stand in your fathers’ place adding even more to the Lord’s burning anger against Israel.
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Nehemiah 9:32-34
So now, our God— the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God who keeps His gracious covenant— do not view lightly all the hardships that have afflicted us, our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the Assyrian kings until today.You are righteous concerning all that has come on us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey Your law or listen to Your commands and warnings You gave them.
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Matthew 23:32
Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ sins!
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Acts 7:51-52
“ You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit; as your ancestors did, so do you.Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.
