Inheritance (Bible Verses)

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Proverbs 13:22 KJV Bible Verse Image
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A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Psalms 37:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Ephesians 1:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

1 Peter 1:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Romans 8:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

Genesis 17:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Ephesians 1:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Romans 4:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Colossians 1:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Galatians 3:29 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Proverbs 19:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

Psalms 16:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Galatians 4:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Genesis 49:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

Colossians 1:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Galatians 3:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

1 Peter 1:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

Psalms 2:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Deuteronomy 6:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

Genesis 15:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

1 Peter 1:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

Galatians 3:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

Hebrews 12:23 KJV Bible Verse Image
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To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Genesis 17:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Genesis 15:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Genesis 17:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Ephesians 1:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

Deuteronomy 33:24 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

Luke 15:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

Hebrews 6:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

Genesis 27:28 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

Joshua 14:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.

Deuteronomy 32:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

Hebrews 3:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Joshua 16:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

Numbers 33:52 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

Proverbs 2:22 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

Joshua 14:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

Deuteronomy 3:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.

Galatians 4:28 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

Deuteronomy 33:23 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

Genesis 27:29 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

Numbers 34:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

Genesis 25:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

Numbers 27:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

1 Chronicles 5:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Joshua 14:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

Genesis 27:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

Numbers 26:59 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

Deuteronomy 33:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

Genesis 15:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

Deuteronomy 11:24 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

Numbers 27:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

Joshua 18:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.

Numbers 34:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:

Psalms 45:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

Joshua 21:21 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

Numbers 26:54 KJV Bible Verse Image
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To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

Joshua 14:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

Joshua 13:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

Joshua 19:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

Psalms 135:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.

Numbers 36:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

Numbers 26:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

Genesis 13:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

Joshua 17:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;

Joshua 14:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

Joshua 15:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

Deuteronomy 3:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

Joshua 16:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

Numbers 32:33 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

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