36 Bible Verses about Heirs
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And he said, A certain man had two sons. And the youngest of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the estate that falls to me; and he divided to them his living.
that no one may be a fornicator or unholy person like Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright.
in these last days spoke to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds,
And Jesus coming near spoke to them, saying, All power is given me in heaven and on the earth;
He said, therefore, A certain nobleman went into a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and to return.
And again, when be brings the first-born into the world he says, And let all the angels of God worship him.
And afterwards he sent them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and take his inheritance. And they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Having yet one beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, They will reverence my son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. And seizing him, they killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; doubtless, when they see him they will respect him. But seeing him, the husbandmen reasoned with themselves, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. And they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What, therefore, will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
By faith Noah having been divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen, fearing built the ark for the salvation of his house, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness by faith.
He has helped Israel his servant, and remembered his mercy, as he said to our fathers, to Abraham and his posterity forever.
By faith Abraham being called obeyed and went out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going. By faith he resided temporarily in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise;
You are the children of the prophets, and of the promise which God promised to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Much in every way. For first, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
And if you are of Christ, then are you Abraham's children and heirs according to the promise.
For the promise to Abraham and his posterity that he should inherit the world was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith. For if the subjects of the law are heirs, the faith is done away and the promise abrogated. For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.read more.
Therefore it is by faith that it may be by grace, that the promise may be sure to all the posterity, not to that of the law only but to that of the faith of Abraham, who is a father of us all, as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations before God in whom he believed, who makes the dead alive and calls things which do not exist as existing.??18 who against hope believed in hope that he should become a father of many nations according to the saying shall your posterity be.
for which cause, God wishing more abundantly to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, interposed with an oath,
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant, that death having been for a redemption of transgressions [transgressors] under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
For if the inheritance is by the law, it is no longer by the promise. But God gave it to Abraham by the promise.
giving thanks to the Father who has made us fit for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light,
And if children, [we are] also heirs, heirs indeed of God and co-heirs with Christ, if we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him.
But I say, that as long as the heir is a child, he differs not from a servant, though he is lord of all, but is under tutors and stewards till the time appointed by the father. So also we, when we were children, were in servitude under the rudiments of the world;read more.
but when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, that he might redeem those under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, also an heir of God.
and to the church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge the God of all, and to spirits of the righteous made perfect,
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to serve on account of those who are about to inherit salvation?
that having been justified by his grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has begotten us to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, kept in heaven for you
Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Let no one therefore glory in men; for all things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours,
as grieving but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and possessing all things.
He that conquers shall inherit these things, and I will be to him a God and he shall be to me a son.
In like manner let the husbands [do], living together in knowledge with the wife as with a vessel of less strength, deeming them precious, co-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
and I appoint you, as my Father has appointed me, a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
To him that conquers will I give to sit down with me on my throne, as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
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For the promise to Abraham and his posterity that he should inherit the world was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
And if you are of Christ, then are you Abraham's children and heirs according to the promise.
And if children, [we are] also heirs, heirs indeed of God and co-heirs with Christ, if we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him.
So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, also an heir of God.
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to serve on account of those who are about to inherit salvation?
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For the promise to Abraham and his posterity that he should inherit the world was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
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Romans 8:17And if children, [we are] also heirs, heirs indeed of God and co-heirs with Christ, if we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him.
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