Bible Verses About Questions of Inheritance

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

And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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

To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

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.

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.

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

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

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:

And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.

And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.

The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

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.

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

And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.

And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto?

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

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

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.

And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

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 they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

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, 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.