Psalms 106:6

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“We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.”

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BSBPD

“We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 106:6 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:40But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—
  2. Numbers 32:14Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.
  3. 1 Kings 8:47and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
  4. Ezra 9:6and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
  5. Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
  6. Ezra 9:10And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
  7. Nehemiah 1:7We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
  8. Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
  9. Nehemiah 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
  10. Nehemiah 9:33You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
  11. Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
  12. Jeremiah 3:25Let 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 our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
  13. Jeremiah 14:20We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
  14. Daniel 9:5we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.
  15. Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
  16. Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

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