Quotes about Legacy
Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.
— Jeremiah 34:14
So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the entire house of the Rechabites—
— Jeremiah 35:3
“We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.
— Jeremiah 35:6
The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
— Jeremiah 35:14
Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.
— Jeremiah 35:16
Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,
— Jeremiah 35:18
this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
— Jeremiah 35:19
at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
— Jeremiah 47:3
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
— Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
— Lamentations 5:7
Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
— Ezekiel 16:44
Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
— Ezekiel 18:14