Bible Verses About Legacy

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

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.

Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

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.

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

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.

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

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

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 I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.