100 Bible Verses About Legacy

Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,

That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;

And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.

And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,

So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

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

For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Which the Lord commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

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 David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,

And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,

And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.

And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

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

For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.