27 Bible Verses about Inheritance, Spiritual

but in these last days he hath spoken unto us by his son, whom he hath made heir of all things: by whom also he made the world.

But last of all, he sent unto them his own son, saying, 'They will fear my son.' But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir: come on, let us kill him, and let us take his inheritance, to ourselves.' And they caught him, and thrust him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

"Yet had he one son whom he loved tenderly, him also sent he at the last unto them, saying, 'They will fear my son.' But the tenants said amongst themselves, 'This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours.' And they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

Then said the Lord of the vineyard, 'What shall I do? I will send my dear son, him peradventure they will reverence, when they see him.' But when the farmers saw him, they thought in themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.' And they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Now what shall the Lord of the vineyard do unto them?

And Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, "All power is given unto me in heaven, and in earth.

He said therefore, "A certain noble man went into a far country, to receive him a kingdom, and then to come again.

The father loveth the son, and hath given all things into his hand.

and is more excellent than the angels, inasmuch as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than have they. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, "Thou art my son, this day begat I thee?" And again, "I will be his father, and he shall be my son." And again when he bringeth in the first begotten son into the world, he saith, "And all the angels of God shall worship him."

As for me, I will preach the law, whereof the LORD hath said unto me, "Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. Desire of me, and I shall give thee the Heathen for thine inheritance; and the uttermost parts of the world for thy possession.

If we be sons, we are also heirs: the heirs, I mean, of God: and heirs annexed with Christ. If so be that we suffer together, that we may be glorified together.

That the gentiles should be inheritors also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise that is in Christ, by the means of the gospel,

So God, willing very abundantly to show, unto the heirs of promise, the stableness of his counsel; he added an oath,

And for this cause is he the mediator of the new testament, that through death which chanced for the redemption of those transgressions that were in the first testament, they which were called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

For if the inheritance come of the law, it cometh not of promise: but God gave it unto Abraham by promise.

And now dear brethren I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build further, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

giving thanks unto the father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of saints in light.

If ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs by promise.

For the promise that he should be heir of the world was not given to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law: but through the righteousness which cometh of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, then is faith but vain, and the promise of none effect. Because the law causeth wrath. For where no law is, there is no transgression.read more.
Therefore by faith is the inheritance given, that it might come of favour: and that the promise might be sure to all the seed. Not to them only which are of the law: but also to them which are of the faith of Abraham, which is the father of us all. As it is written, "I have made thee a father to many nations," even before God whom thou hast believed, which quickeneth the dead and called those things which be not, as though they were.

By faith Noah honoured God, after that he was warned of things which were not seen, and prepared the ark to the saving of his household, through the which ark he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which cometh by faith. By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out into a place which he should afterward receive to inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he should go. By faith he removed into the land that was promised him, as into a strange country, and dwelt in tabernacles: and so did Isaac, and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.read more.
For he looked for a city having a foundation, whose builder and maker is God.

Are they not all spirits to do service, sent for to minister for their sakes, which shall be heirs of salvation?

And whosoever forsaketh houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake; the same shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, "Master what shall I do, to inherit eternal life?"

that we, once justified by his grace, should be heirs of eternal life, through hope.

Likewise, ye men, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as unto them that are heirs also of the grace of life, that your prayers be not let.

But when the time was full come, God sent his son - born of a woman, and made bond unto the law - to redeem them which were under the law: that we through election might receive the inheritance that belongeth unto the natural sons. Because ye are sons, God hath sent the spirit of his son into our hearts, which crieth "Abba, father."read more.
Wherefore now art thou not a servant, but a son. If thou be the son, thou art also the heir of God through Christ.

But ye are come unto the mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the celestial Jerusalem: and to an innumerable sight of angels, and unto the congregation of the first born sons, which are written in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of just and perfect men:

And tell Pharaoh, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: Israel is mine eldest son,