Ezekiel 18:17 presents a righteous son who does not follow his father's sins — contrasting with the pattern of ancestral imitation in 20:30.

Ezekiel 18:19 argues sons should not bear fathers' guilt — a direct contrast to 20:30 where they adopt their fathers' abominations.

Judges 2:19 describes each generation doing worse than their fathers in idolatry — exactly the pattern of sin repeated here.

Jeremiah 7:26 says they 'did worse than their fathers' — the same accusation of escalating sin as here.

Jeremiah 9:14 says they walked after their fathers' teachings of Baal — echoing the inherited idolatry condemned here.

Jeremiah 16:12 says they did worse than their fathers, walking in stubborn hearts — reinforcing the charge of generational sin here.

Matthew 23:32 echoes the same accusation: 'Fill up the measure of your fathers' — continuing the pattern of ancestral sin.

In Acts 7:51, Stephen charges 'as your fathers did, so do you' — directly mirroring Ezekiel's indictment of repeating ancestral defilement.

2 Kings 21:15 summarizes Israel's persistent evil from the exodus onward — the same continuous defilement Ezekiel confronts.

Psalm 106:39 uses the exact phrase 'defiled by their own works' and 'played the harlot' — identical language to Ezekiel's charge.

Amos 2:4 condemns Judah for following the lies of their fathers — same indictment of repeating ancestral idolatry as in Ezekiel.

Numbers 32:14 rebukes a new generation rising 'in your fathers' place' to provoke God — mirroring the inherited sin pattern here.