90 Bible Verses About Legacy of Faith
Bible verses about Legacy of Faith
Exploring the legacy of faith through scripture reveals the profound impact of those who walked with God before us. These verses illuminate how faith is passed down, nurtured, and ultimately shapes generations to come. Understanding this legacy isn't just about remembering the past; it's about embracing a living inheritance that empowers us to live boldly for Christ today. By studying these passages, we connect with a lineage of believers, drawing strength and wisdom from their examples, and gaining a deeper appreciation for our role in continuing the story of faith for those who will follow. Let scripture guide you to discover the eternal significance of your own faith journey.
Featured Verse
Genesis 50:24 (KJV)
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Faith's Enduring Impact: Biblical Legacy
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.
And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father.
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.
So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.
And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations.
The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
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.
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels.
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
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.
And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers.
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
The Bible verses explored here paint a powerful picture of a legacy of faith – one built on obedience, passed down through generations, and characterized by unwavering trust in God. From Abraham's initial call to Timothy's inherited faith, these passages demonstrate that a godly legacy isn't built in isolation but through consistent commitment and intentional discipleship. They highlight the profound impact our lives can have on those who come after us, inspiring them to pursue righteousness and remain steadfast in their beliefs. Let these verses serve as a call to examine our own lives. What kind of legacy are we building? Are we actively nurturing faith in the next generation? By reflecting on these scriptures and applying them to our daily lives, we can contribute to a continuous chain of faith, ensuring that the light of God shines brightly for generations to come.