'Inherit' in the Bible

Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you become fruitful and inherit the land.

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them, 'I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.'"

The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.

We will cross armed in the Lord's presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River."

You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone's inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes.

Then Moses commanded the Israelites: "This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes,

However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.

Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see."

You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Then Moses called out to Joshua in the presence of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the Lord promised to give their ancestors, and you will enable them to inherit it.

Gilead's wife also gave him sons. When his wife's sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, "You are not going to inherit any of our father's wealth, because you are another woman's son."

Then Boaz said, "When you acquire the field from Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the wife of our deceased relative, in order to preserve his family name by raising up a descendant who will inherit his property."

I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village. You are witnesses today."

Then the king replied to him, "Why should you continue speaking like this? You and Ziba will inherit the field together."

thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.

For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.

what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.

They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land.

The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who are loyal to him will live in it.

The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.

that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, and that I may fill their treasuries.

The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

The naive inherit folly, but the shrewd are crowned with knowledge.

The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

When you cry out for help, let your idols help you! The wind blows them all away, a breeze carries them away. But the one who looks to me for help will inherit the land and will have access to my holy mountain."

Look! Even if they flee from the destruction, Egypt will take hold of them, and Memphis will bury them. The weeds will inherit the silver they treasure -- thorn bushes will occupy their homes.

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Now as Jesus was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Now a certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.

Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.

The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.