The word in Scripture

Inheritance in the Bible

The word inheritance appears 239 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Inheritance is the portion God gives His children as their lasting possession. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What inheritance means in the Bible

Inheritance is the portion God gives His children as their lasting possession.

Where the word inheritance appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word inheritance appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.”Psalms 2:8

“O GOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.”Psalms 79:1

“Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.”Isaiah 19:25

“And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.”Luke 12:13

“For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.”Galatians 3:18

“Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”Ephesians 1:14

“Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.”Hebrews 1:4

“To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,”1 Peter 1:4