What are some Bible verses about inheritance?

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Proverbs 13:22

A righteous man leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Ephesians 1:11-14

In Him, we have received an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of His will, so that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might bring praise to His glory. In Him, you also, when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of His glory.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained quickly at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.

Colossians 3:23-24

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Acts 20:32

“Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Ephesians 1:18

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,

Titus 3:7

So that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

Romans 8:17

Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

Psalm 37:29

The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

Deuteronomy 21:15-17

If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the unloved wife, then

Deuteronomy 21:15-17

If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved, then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.

Colossians 1:12

Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Numbers 36:6-9

This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, ‘Let them marry whom they think best, only they shall marry within the clan of the tribe of their father. The inheritance of the people of Israel shall not be transferred from one tribe to another, for every one of the people of Israel shall hold on to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. And every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the people of Israel shall be wife to one of the clan of the tribe of her father, so that every one of the people of Israel may possess the inheritance of his fathers. So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall hold on to its own inheritance.’

Psalm 16:6

The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

Matthew 5:5

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Psalm 16:5

The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.

1 Peter 1:4

To an inheritance that is imperishable, unchanging, and eternal, kept in heaven for you.Defiled and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

Proverbs 17:2

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

Psalm 37:11

But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.

Ephesians 5:5

For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Unless otherwise noted, all Bible verses are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® Copyright© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

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