15 Bible Verses about Possessing
Most Relevant Verses
Every place that the soles of your feet will tread, I have given it to you, as I promised to Moses.
Look, I have set the land {before you}; go and take possession of the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give [it] to them and to their offspring after them.'
For to everyone who has, [more] will be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
For whoever has, [more] will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him."
Therefore consider how you listen, for whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and whoever does not have, even what he thinks [that he] has will be taken away from him."
'I tell you that to everyone who has, [more] will be given. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
For whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
And [because I] was afraid, I went away [and] hid your talent in the ground. See, you have [what is] yours!'
Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and [when I] returned I would have gotten back [what was] mine with interest!
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you your own?
Topics on Possessing
God Possessing
1 Peter 2:9But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,
People Possessing Other Things
Genesis 23:17-18So the field of Ephron which [was] in the Machpelah, which [was] near Mamre--the field and the cave which [was] in it, with all the trees that [were] in the field, which [were] within all its surrounding boundaries--{passed}
Possessing Sheep
Genesis 4:2{Then she bore} his brother Abel. And Abel became a keeper of sheep, and Cain became a tiller of the ground.
Priests Possessing
Leviticus 7:7[The] instruction [is] {the same for the guilt offering as for the sin offering}; {it belongs to} the priest, who makes atonement with it.