23 occurrences in 8 translations

'Possesses' in the Bible

“If a man consecrates to the Lord any part of a field that he possesses, your assessment of value will be proportional to the seed needed to sow it, at the rate of 50 silver shekels for every five bushels of barley seed.

Verse ConceptsGrainSeedWeights And Measures, DistancesWeights And Measures, DryAccording To ThingsComparative MeasuresValuesales

for the one who killed a person was supposed to live in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may the one who has killed a person return to the land he possesses.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of Office HoldersPermission To Return Home

Any daughter who possesses an inheritance from an Israelite tribe must marry someone from the clan of her ancestral tribe, so that each of the Israelites will possess the inheritance of his fathers.

Verse Conceptsethics, personalIntermarriageFathers And Daughters

But if the land you possess is defiled, cross over to the land the Lord possesses where the Lord’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But don’t rebel against the Lord or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.

Verse ConceptsFellowship, In The GospelRebellion Against God, Nature OfThe Altar Of The LordBuilding AltarsGod Living In The TabernacleUnclean Things

then may you yourself hear from the heavens, from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner asks of you, so that all peoples of earth will know of your name and fear you, as [do] your people Israel, and that they may know that your name {possesses} this house that I have built.

Verse ConceptsHousesReverence, And God's Nature

Then He saw wisdom and declared it;He established it and searched it out.

Verse ConceptsThings Revealed

There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

Verse ConceptsPretencePretendingBlessings Of The PoorPoor Or Richacting

As a result of the anguish of His soul,He shall see it and be satisfied;By His knowledge [of what He has accomplished] the Righteous One,My Servant, shall justify the many [making them righteous—upright before God, in right standing with Him],For He shall bear [the responsibility for] their sins.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, Christ's Relation ToIniquity, God's Attitude TowardGospel, Essence OfLight, SpiritualSin, Deliverance From GodTravailAnimal Sacrifices, As A Type Of ChristCarrying SinChrist Knowing All ThingsRighteousness Of ChristWinning

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, he who believes [in Me as Savior—whoever adheres to, trusts in, relies on, and has faith in Me—already] has eternal life [that is, now possesses it].

Verse ConceptsAssuranceGod, The EternalAssurance Of SalvationLife, EverlastingLife Through FaithChrist Telling The TruthTruly TrulyBelieving In ChristEverlasting

The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] has eternal life [that is, now possesses it], and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newProphecies Said By JesusEating Christ's BodyPeople Consuming BloodLife In ChristJesus As FoodLife Is In ChristOur ResurrectionEternal lifeThe Blood Of Jesuscommunionhumor

If any one imagines that he already possesses any true knowledge, he has as yet attained to no knowledge of the kind to which he ought to have attained;

Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeDrawbacks To KnowledgeInformation Age

having become as far superior to the angels as the Name He possesses by inheritance is more excellent than theirs.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordPreeminence Of ChristAngels

The one who believes in the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies confidently on Him as Savior] has the testimony within himself [because he can speak authoritatively about Christ from his own personal experience]. The one who does not believe God [in this way] has made Him [out to be] a liar, because he has not believed in the evidence that God has given regarding His Son.

Verse ConceptsSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfJesus Christ, Son Of GodThe Witness Of GodThe Witness Of The SpiritBenefits Of Faith In ChristMaking God A LiarDoubting Godtestimony

He who has the Son [by accepting Him as Lord and Savior] has the life [that is eternal]; he who does not have the Son of God [by personal faith] does not have the life.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual DeathGospel, Promises OfOrigins Of Spiritual LifeUniquenessFellowship With ChristLife Is In ChristOccupants Of HellUniversalismEternal lifeSpiritual lifeeternity

The city possesses the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper.

Verse ConceptsCrystalsRadiancyGlory Of GodPrecious StonesRadiant LivesTransparencyJewellery And GodRainbow

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