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Bible Verses About Property Ownership

This collection includes 50 passages about Property Ownership. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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This collection is a starting point, not a count of every relevant passage in the Bible.

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And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

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And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

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According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

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In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.

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And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

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And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;

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Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

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The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

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And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

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The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

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Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

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Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

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And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

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Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

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For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

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And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

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Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

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For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

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Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

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Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

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Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

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But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

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And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?

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Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

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The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

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And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.

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In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.

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For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

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They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

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The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

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Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

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And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which be Cesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.

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And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s: it is holy unto the Lord.

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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.

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When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

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Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

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Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

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