Bible verses about "legacy" | Leeser

¹¹ And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord grant that the woman that is coming into thy house be like Rachel and like Leah, who did both build up the house of Israel: and acquire thou wealth in Ephrathah, and let thy name become famous in Beth-lechem;

¹⁴ Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. ¹⁵ And if it be displeasing in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Emorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

⁵ Thou shalt not bow thyself down to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; ⁶ And showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

²¹ And he said unto the children of Israel, thus, When your children shall ask in time to come their fathers, saying, What mean these stones? ²² Then shall ye let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel pass over this Jordan;

²² A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; but the wealth of the sinner is treasured up for the righteous.

¹⁷ But the kindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting over those that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children,

¹ Hallelujah. Happy is the man that feareth the Lord, that greatly delighteth in his commandments. ² His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. ³ Plenty and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness shall endure for ever.

⁴ One generation shall praise thy works to the other, and thy mighty acts shall they declare.

⁵ And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. ⁶ And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart: ⁷ And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and thou shalt speak of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

⁴ We will not conceal them from their children, relating to the latest generation the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful deeds which he hath done.