Bible Verses About Value of Heritage

And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

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

And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

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:

He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

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

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

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

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

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.

Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

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

Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord.

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

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

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

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

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

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

Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.