Bible Verses About Heir
This collection includes 50 passages about Heir. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
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And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
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But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
Thus saith the Lord God; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it shall be their possession by inheritance.
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
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.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
Look even out the best and meetest of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons’ for them.
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the Lord.
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
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