36 Bible Verses about Heirs

And He said, "A certain man had two sons. And the younger said to his father, 'Father, give me the portion of the estate that falls to me.' And he divided to them his living.

lest there be any fornicator or profane person, as Esau, who, for one meal, yielded up his own birth-right.

at the end of these days spake to us in His Son, Whom He appointed Heir of all things, through Whom also He constituted the ages;

And Jesus, coming near, spake to them, saying, "All authority was given to Me in Heaven and on earth:

He said, therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand.

But, when again He introduces the First-born into the inhabited earth, He saith, "And let all the angels of God worship Him."

But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will reverence my son.' But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and have his inheritance!' And, taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

He had yet one, a beloved son; he sent him to them last, saying, 'They will pay deference to my son.' But those husbandmen said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' And, taking 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 son, the beloved; perhaps they will reverence him.' "But, seeing him, the husbandmen were reasoning one with another, saying, 'This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.' And, having thrust him forth out of the vineyard, they slew him. What, therefore, will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

By faith Noah, being divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

He succored Israel His servant, to remember mercy, (as He spake to our fathers), to Abraham and to his seed forever."

By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go forth into the place which he was about to receive for an inheritance; and he went forth, not knowing whither he was going. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;

Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your Seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.'

Much every way: first, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

And, if ye are Christ's, ye are, consequently, Abraham's seed, and heirs according to promise.

For, not through law, was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but it was through the righteousness of faith. For, if those who are of the law are heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been brought to nought; for the law works wrath; but where there is no law, there is no transgression.read more.
For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all (as it has been written, "A father of many nations have I made you"), before God Whom he believed, Who maketh alive the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were;

wherein God, more abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of His counsel, interposed with an oath;

And, for this cause, He is the Mediator of a new covenant, that, death having taken place for redemption from the transgressions against the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

For, if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God has freely given it to Abraham through promise.

giving thanks to the Father, Who made us meet for the portion of the inheritance of the saints in light;

and, if children, heirs also; heirs, indeed, of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if, indeed, we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified with Him.

But I say that, so long as the heir is a child, he differs in nothing from a slave, though he is lord of all; but is under guardians and stewards, until the time appointed by the father. So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elements of the world.read more.
But, when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under law, that He might redeem those under law, that, we might receive the adoption of sons. And, because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba," Father. So that you are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, also an heir through God.

to the general festal throng, and assembly of the first-born who are enrolled in Heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous ones made perfect;

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth for service, for the sake of those about to inherit salvation?

that having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Blessed be the God and Father of out Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to His abundant mercy, begat us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading; kept in Heaven for you,

"Happy are the meek: because they shall inherit the earth.

"Then will the King say to those on His right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of My Father! inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world:

Therefore, let no one 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 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

He that overcomes shall inherit these things; and I will be to him a God, and He will be to Me a son.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with them according to knowledge, assigning honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

and I appoint to you, as My Father appointed to Me, a Kingdom, that ye may eat and drink at My table in My Kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

He that overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with Me in My throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with My Father in His throne.