100 Bible Verses About Inheritance

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En–rogel,

Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.

So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.

These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.

The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,

And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

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 Kadesh–barnea.

And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

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.

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.

And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.

There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.

Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.

And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;

The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh–barnea, and shall go on to Hazar–addar, and pass on to Azmon:

And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

And also thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.

And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,

My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,

So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

And the border went up to Beth–hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth–arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.

And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.