36 Bible Verses about Heirs

And he said: "There was a man who had two sons. "The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of your property which is coming to me.' So he divided his means among them.

Take care lest there be any fornicator or scorner like Esau among you, who for one meal sold his birthright.

has at the end of these days spoken to us in a Son whom he appointed heir of all things; through whom also he made the universe.

And Jesus came forward to them and spoke to them, saying. "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

So he said: "A certain nobleman went abroad to receive for himself royal power and to return.

the Father loves the Son and has committed everything into his hands.

And further, when he brought the firstborn into the habitable world, he said, Let all the angels of God worship him.

And last he sent his son to them; 'Surely they will respect my son,' he said. But when the vine-dressers saw his son, they said to themselves: "'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.' "So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

He had still one, a Son beloved, He sent him last to them, saying, "'They will reverence my Son.' "But those tenants said to themselves. 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' "So they took him and killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.

"Then the master of the vineyard said: "'What shall I do? I will send my beloved Son; it may be that they will reverence him.' "But when the vine-dressers saw him, they reasoned together, saying. 'This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.' "So they turned him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What will the master of the vineyard do to them?

By faith Noah, warned of God of things not yet seen, reverently gave heed, and built an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is of faith.

"He has helped Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy, "As he spoke to our forefathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever."

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. It was by faith that he sojourned in the promised land as an alien, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, his fellow heirs of the same promise.

"You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Much in every way. First of all, because to them were entrusted the oracles of God.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

For the promise that he should be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his posterity through law, but through faith-righteousness. For if those who are righteous through law are heirs, faith is empty and the promise becomes void. For law works wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.read more.
This is why righteousness is of faith, that it may be a free gift; so that the promise stands firm to all Abraham's posterity; not to his children of his faith. For in the sight of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead, and calls into being that which is not, Abraham is the father of us all both Jews and Gentiles, as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations.

On which principle God, wishing to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, mediated with an oath;

And because of this he is the Mediator of a new testament, in order that, since a death has taken place to atone for offenses committed under the first testament, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

For if the inheritance comes from law, it no longer comes from a promise; but God did give it as a free gift to Abraham by a promise.

I ask that you may give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the heritage of the saints in the light.

and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; but to share his glory, we must now be sharing his sufferings.

What I mean is this. As long as the heir is a child, he differs in no respect from a slave, though he be the owner of the whole inheritance; but is under the control of guardians and trustees, until the time appointed by his father. So we Jews also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the empty externalities of the world.read more.
But when the fulness of time was come God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem from captivity those under law, in order that we might receive our sonship. And because you are sons, God sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Dear, dear Father!" So each one of you is no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir, too, through God's grace.

to the festal assemblage and church of the firstborn, registered in heaven, to a Judge who is God of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth for service in behalf of those who are about to inherit salvation?

In order that being justified by his grace, We might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whose great mercy we have been born anew into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead; and into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and fadeless, which has been kept in heaven for you

"Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth."

"Then he, the King will say to those on his right hand. "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

So let no one make boast in men. For all things are yours; Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, things present or things to come; all things are yours;

as grieved, but always glad; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

He who overcomes will inherit these, And I will be his God, And he shall be my son.

In the same way you husbands live with your wives, according to knowledge, honoring your wife as of the weaker sex, yet as an heir with yourself of the grace of life; so that your prayers may not be hindered.

"And I promise you a kingdom, even as my Father has promised me a kingdom; "so that you shall eat and drink in my kingdom, and you shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

To him who overcomes, I will grant to sit down with me on my throne, as I myself have overcome and have taken my seat with my Father on his throne.