Psalm 106:6
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Cross-references
Psalm 78:8 warns against repeating the sins of the fathers, directly echoing the confession of ancestral sin here.
Nehemiah 9:32-34 confesses that 'our fathers' have not kept God's law, aligning with the admission of sin here.
Acts 7:52 gives a specific example: fathers persecuted prophets, and the current generation killed the Righteous One.
Acts 7:51 directly parallels: 'As your fathers did, so do you' — the same pattern of sinning like the fathers.
Matthew 23:32 accuses the Pharisees of completing their fathers' sins — the same pattern of repeating ancestral sin confessed here.
Daniel 9:5-8 echoes this same corporate confession of sin, using similar language of 'we have sinned and done wrong.'
Leviticus 26:40 prescribes confessing the iniquity of fathers, matching the confession in this verse.
Nehemiah 9:16 recounts how 'they and our fathers' acted presumptuously, echoing the confession of ancestral sin.
Numbers 32:14 rebukes a generation rising in their fathers' place to sin, paralleling the confession of fathers' sin here.
Ezra 9:7 explicitly mentions 'from the days of our fathers' and great guilt, directly paralleling the confession of fathers' sin.
1 Kings 8:47 contains the same threefold confession of sin ('sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly') as this verse.
Isaiah 65:7 explicitly mentions 'your sins and the sins of your fathers,' directly paralleling the confession of ancestral sin.
1 Samuel 7:6 records the people confessing 'We have sinned against the LORD' — the same confession of sin.
Daniel 9:16 confesses 'our sins and the iniquities of our fathers,' directly echoing the same dual confession of personal and ancestral sin.
2 Kings 22:13 acknowledges that the fathers disobeyed, bringing wrath — the same recognition of ancestral sin.
Jeremiah 44:17 defiantly justifies ancestral idolatry, contrasting sharply with the humble confession of sin in Psalm 106:6.
Jeremiah 14:20 contains a nearly identical confession: 'We acknowledge... the guilt of our ancestors; we have sinned against you.'
Nehemiah 1:6 confesses the sins of Israel, including himself and his father's house — a similar corporate confession.
Isaiah 43:27 points to the sin of 'your first father,' reinforcing the theme of ancestral guilt confessed in Psalm 106:6.
2 Chronicles 6:37 uses the exact same three verbs: 'We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly' — a direct parallel.
In Nehemiah 9:33, the prayer acknowledges 'we did wrong,' echoing the confession of wrongdoing in Psalm 106:6.
In Nehemiah 9:2, the people also confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors, mirroring the same dual confession.
Nehemiah 1:7 expands the confession, listing specific violations of commandments — building on the general confession.
In Zechariah 1:4, the warning against repeating ancestors' disobedience echoes the confession of sin like the fathers in Psalm 106:6.
Ezra 9:6 confesses overwhelming guilt of the people, a similar corporate confession of sin.