21 Bible Verses about People Possessing Other Things

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Genesis 23:17-18

So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, was made over to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

Genesis 23:20

The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as property for a burying place by the Hittites.

Genesis 26:20

the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

Genesis 31:43

Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day for these my daughters or for their children whom they have borne?

Ezekiel 7:24

I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and their holy places shall be profaned.

Genesis 47:20

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for all the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe on them. The land became Pharaoh's.

Numbers 22:30

And the donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Is it my habit to treat you this way?" And he said, "No."

1 Kings 20:3

'Your silver and your gold are mine; your best wives and children also are mine.'"

Genesis 48:5

And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.

Ezekiel 35:10

"Because you said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them'--although the LORD was there--

Song of Solomon 2:16

My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 6:3

I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 7:10

I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

Ezekiel 29:3

speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, 'My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.'

Ezekiel 29:9

and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. "Because you said, 'The Nile is mine, and I made it,'

Ezekiel 36:12

I will let people walk on you, even my people Israel. And they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer bereave them of children.

Ezekiel 46:17

But if he makes a gift out of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty. Then it shall revert to the prince; surely it is his inheritance--it shall belong to his sons.

Amos 2:10

Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

2 Samuel 16:18

And Hushai said to Absalom, "No, for whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.

Exodus 21:16

"Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death.

Job 20:28

The possessions of his house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God's wrath.

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