'Inherit' in the Bible

Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel—You swore to them by Your very self and declared, ‘I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it forever.’”

And I promised you: You will inherit their land, since I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am Yahweh your God who set you apart from the peoples.

You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly.

But since My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me completely, I will bring him into the land where he has gone, and his descendants will inherit it.

Joshua son of Nun, who attends you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit it.

But commission Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit this land that you will see.’

“Keep every command I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to cross into and possess the land you are to inherit,

When you cross the Jordan and live in the land the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you live in security,

“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Get provisions ready for yourselves, for within three days you will be crossing the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you to inherit.’”

So I have been made to inherit months of futility,and troubled nights have been assigned to me.

For You record bitter accusations against meand make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

He will live a good life,and his descendants will inherit the land.

For evildoers will be destroyed,but those who put their hope in the Lordwill inherit the land.

But the humble will inherit the landand will enjoy abundant prosperity.

Those who are blessed by Him will inherit the land,but those cursed by Him will be destroyed.

The righteous will inherit the landand dwell in it permanently.

Wait for the Lord and keep His way,and He will exalt you to inherit the land.You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.

The descendants of His servants will inherit it,and those who love His name will live in it.

The wise will inherit honor,but He holds up fools to dishonor.

The one who brings ruin on his householdwill inherit the wind,and a fool will be a slaveto someone whose heart is wise.

The inexperienced inherit foolishness,but the sensible are crowned with knowledge.

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

When you cry out,let your collection of idols deliver you!The wind will carry all of them off,a breath will take them away.But whoever takes refuge in Mewill inherit the landand possess My holy mountain.

In those days the house of Judah will join with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land I have given your ancestors to inherit.”

You will inherit it in equal portions, since I swore to give it to your ancestors. So this land will fall to you as an inheritance.

The gentle are blessed,for they will inherit the earth.

And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more 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.

As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

A 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 through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or anyone practicing homosexuality,

no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom.

Brothers, I tell you this: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and corruption cannot inherit incorruption.

But what does the Scripture say?Drive out the slave and her son, for the son of the slave will never be a coheir with the son of the free woman.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I tell you about these things in advance—as I told you before—that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?

so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.

For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance, though he sought it with tears.

not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing.

The victor will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.