Bible verses about "heritage" | MSTC

¹ And God spake all these words, and said, ² "I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage. ³ Thou shalt have none other gods in my sight. ⁴ "Thou shalt make thee no graven image, neither any similitude that is in heaven above, either in the earth beneath, or in the water that is beneath the earth. ⁵ See that thou neither bow thyself unto them neither serve them: for I, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God, and visit the sin of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: ⁶ and yet show mercy unto thousands among them that love me and keep my commandments. ⁷ "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. ⁸ "Remember the Sabbath day that thou sanctify it. ⁹ Six days mayest thou labour and do all that thou hast to do: ¹⁰ but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt do no manner work: neither thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, neither thy manservant nor thy maidservant, neither thy cattle neither yet the stranger that is within thy gates. ¹¹ For in six days the LORD made both heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. ¹² "Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ¹³ "Thou shalt not kill. ¹⁴ "Thou shalt not break wedlock. ¹⁵ "Thou shalt not steal. ¹⁶ "Thou shalt bear no false witness against thy neighbor. ¹⁷ "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house: neither shalt covet thy neighbor's wife, his manservant, his maid, his ox, his ass or ought that is his." ¹⁸ And all the people saw the thunder and the lightning and the noise of the horn, and how the mountain smoked. ¹⁹ And when the people saw it, they removed and stood afar off and said unto Moses, "Talk thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God talk with us, lest we die." ²⁰ And Moses said unto the people, "Fear not, for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be among you that ye sin not." ²¹ And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the thick cloud where God was. ²² And the LORD said unto Moses, "Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, 'Ye have seen how that I have talked with you from out of heaven. ²³ Ye shall not make therefore with me gods of silver nor gods of gold: in no wise shall ye do it. ²⁴ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me and thereon offer thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings, and thy sheep and thine oxen. And in all places where I shall put the remembrance of my name, thither I will come unto thee and bless thee. ²⁵ But and if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, see thou make it not of hewed stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou shalt pollute it. ²⁶ Moreover thou shalt not go up with steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not showed thereon.'"

³ Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are a heritage and gift, that cometh of the LORD. ⁴ Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children. ⁵ Happy is the man, that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

⁵ "Before I fashioned thee in thy mother's womb, I did know thee: And before thou wast born, I sanctified thee and ordained thee, to be a Prophet unto the people."

¹ When he saw the people he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came to him: ² and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, ³ "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. ⁵ Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. ⁶ Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled. ⁷ Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. ⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. ⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. ¹⁰ Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall falsely say all manner of evil sayings against you for my sake. ¹² Rejoice, and be glad: for great is your reward in heaven: For so persecuted they the prophets which were before your days. ¹³ "Ye are the salt of the earth: but and if the salt have lost her saltiness, what can be salted therewith? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden underfoot of men. ¹⁴ Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill, cannot be hid, ¹⁵ neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it lighteth all them that are in the house. ¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven. ¹⁷ "Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the Prophets: No, I am not come to destroy them but to fulfill them. ¹⁸ For truly I say unto you, till heaven and earth perish, one jot or one tittle of the law shall not escape till all be fulfilled. ¹⁹ Whosoever breaketh one of these least commandments, and teacheth men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whosoever observeth, and teacheth the same, shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰ For I say unto you, Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. ²¹ "Ye have heard how it was said unto them of the old time, 'Thou shalt not kill; for whosoever killeth shall be in danger of judgment:' ²² But I say unto you, Whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of judgment: whosoever sayeth unto his brother, 'Raca,' shall be in danger of a council: but whosoever sayeth, 'Thou fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire. ²³ Therefore when thou offerest thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; ²⁴ leave there thine offering before the altar, and go thy way first, and be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. ²⁵ Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest that adversary deliver ye to the judge, and the judge deliver ye to the minister, and then thou be cast into prison. ²⁶ I say unto ye verily, Thou shalt not come out thence, till thou have paid the utmost farthing. ²⁷ "Ye have heard how it was said to them of old time, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery:' ²⁸ But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a wife lusting after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. ²⁹ Wherfore if thy right eye offend thee, pluck him out, and cast him from thee: better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, than that thy whole body should be cast into hell. ³⁰ Also: if thy right hand offend thee, cut him off, and cast him from thee: better it is that one of thy members perish than that all thy body should be cast into hell. ³¹ It is said, Whosoever put away his wife let him give her a testimonial also of the divorcement. ³² But I say unto you, Whosoever put away his wife, except it be for fornication, causeth her to break matrimony. And whosoever marryeth her that is divorced breaketh wedlock. ³³ "Again, ye have heard how it was said to them of old time, 'Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform thine oath to God': ³⁴ But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's seat: ³⁵ nor yet by the earth; for it is His footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of that great King: ³⁶ neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one white hair or black: ³⁷ But your communication shall be, 'Yea, Yea; Nay, nay': for whatsoever is more than that cometh of evil. ³⁸ "Ye have heard how it is said, 'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.' ³⁹ But I say to you, That ye resist not wrong. But whosoever give thee a blow on thy right cheek, turn to him the other. ⁴⁰ And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. ⁴¹ And whosoever will compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. ⁴² Give to him that asketh, and from him that would borrow, turn not away. ⁴³ "Ye have heard how it is said, 'Thou shalt love thine neighbor, and hate thine enemy.' ⁴⁴ But I say unto you, Love your enemies. Bless them that curse you. Do good to them that hate you. Pray for them which do you wrong and persecute you; ⁴⁵ that ye may be the children of your father that is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and unjust. ⁴⁶ For if ye love them which love you, what reward shall ye have? Do not the Publicans even so? ⁴⁷ And if ye be friendly to your brethren only, what singular thing do ye? Do not the Publicans likewise? ⁴⁸ Ye shall therefore be perfect even as your father which is in heaven is perfect.

²⁷ And he answered and said, "Thou shalt love thy Lord God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neighbor as thyself."

³⁰ Jesus answered and said, "A certain man descended from Jerusalem into Jericho; And fell into the hands of thieves, which robbed him of his raiment and wounded him, and departed leaving him half dead. ³¹ And by chance, there came a certain priest that same way, and when he saw him, he passed by. ³² And likewise a Levite, when he was come nigh to the place, went and looked on him, and passed by. ³³ Then a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came nigh unto him: and when he saw him, had compassion on him, ³⁴ and went to him, and bound up his wounds, and poured in wine, and oil, and put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and made provision for him. ³⁵ And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host and said unto him, 'Take care of him, and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I will recompense thee.' ³⁶ Which now of these three, thinkest thou was neighbor unto him that fell into the thieves hands?" ³⁷ And he said, "He that showed mercy on him." Then said Jesus unto him, "Go and do thou likewise."

¹⁶ For all scripture given by inspiration of God, is profitable to teach, to improve, to amend, and to instruct in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be perfect, and prepared unto all good works.

¹ And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead and was mightier than Israel. ² And he put soldiers in all the strong cities of Judah, and set rulers both in the land of Judah and also in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had won. ³ And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the old ways of his father David, and sought not Baals: ⁴ But sought the LORD God of his father and walked in his commandments and not after the doings of Israel. ⁵ Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand and all Judah brought him presents, that he became exceeding rich and glorious. ⁶ And his heart was courageous in the ways of the LORD, and he put down yet more of the hill altars and groves out of Judah. ⁷ And the third year of his reign he sent, of his lords: Benhail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah: ⁸ and with them, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tobadonijah, Levites: and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. ⁹ And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught the people. ¹⁰ And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, that they durst not war with Jehoshaphat. ¹¹ And the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and tribute silver. And thereto the Arabians brought him of sheep, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. ¹² And so Jehoshaphat prospered and grew up on high. And he built, in Judah, castles and store cities. ¹³ And he had great substance in the cities of Judah, and fighting men and men of might in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And this is the order in the houses of their fathers, of the captains over thousands in Judah: Adnah the captain, and with him of fighting men three hundred thousand. ¹⁵ And next to him, Jehohanan a captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand. ¹⁶ And by his side, Amasiah the son of Zichri, willing unto the LORD, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men. ¹⁷ And of the children of Benjamin, Eliada was a man of might, and had with him, armed with bows and shields, two hundred thousand. ¹⁸ And by his side Jehozabad, with whom were a hundred and eighty thousand trimmed for war. ¹⁹ These waited on the king, besides those which the king had put in strong cities throughout all Judah.

¹¹¹ Thy testimonies have I claimed as my heritage forever; and why? They are the very joy of my heart.

⁸ If there be any that provideth not for his own, and namely for them of his household, the same denieth the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

²⁸ Now is there no Jew, neither gentile, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither man nor woman: but ye are all one thing in Christ Jesus.

¹ If thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, the LORD will set thee on high above all nations of the earth. ² And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. ³ Blessed shalt thou be in the town and blessed in the fields; ⁴ blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattle, the fruit of thine oxen, and thy flocks of sheep; ⁵ blessed shall thine almery be and thy store. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be, both when thou goest out, and blessed when thou comest in. ⁷ The LORD shall smite thine enemies that rise against thee before thy face. They shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. ⁸ The LORD shall command the blessing to be with thee in thy store houses and in all that thou settest thine hand to, and will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ⁹ "The LORD shall make thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God and walk in his ways. ¹⁰ And all nations of the earth shall see that thou art called after the name of the LORD, and they shall be afeared of thee. ¹¹ And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, in the fruit of thy cattle and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. ¹² "The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, even the heaven, to give rain unto thy land in due season and to bless all the labours of thine hand. And thou shalt lend unto many nations, but shalt not need to borrow thyself. ¹³ And the LORD shall set thee before and not behind, and thou shalt be above only and not beneath: if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God which I command thee this day to keep and to do them. ¹⁴ And see that thou bow not from any of these words which I command thee this day, either to the righthand or to the left, that thou wouldest go after strange gods to serve them. ¹⁵ "But and if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God to keep and to do all his commandments and ordinances which I command thee this day; then all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee: ¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the town, and cursed in the field; ¹⁷ cursed shall thine almery be and thy store. ¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land be and the fruit of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep. ¹⁹ And cursed shalt thou be when thou goest in, and when thou goest out. ²⁰ And the LORD shall send upon thee cursing, going to nought, and complaining in all that thou settest thine hand to; whatsoever thou doest, until thou be destroyed and brought to nought quickly, because of the wickedness of thine inventions in that thou hast forsaken the LORD. ²¹ And the LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from the land whither thou goest to enjoy it. ²² And the LORD shall smite thee with swelling, with fevers, heat, burning, weathering, with smiting and blasting. And they shall follow thee, until thou perish. ²³ "And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron. ²⁴ And the LORD shall turn the rain of the land unto powder and dust: even from heaven they shall come down upon thee, until thou be brought to nought. ²⁵ And the LORD shall plague thee before thine enemies: Thou shalt come out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them, and shalt be scattered among all the kingdoms of the earth. ²⁶ And thy carcass shall be meat unto all manner fowls of the air and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. ²⁷ "And the LORD will smite thee with the botches of Egypt and the hemorrhoids, scall and manginess, that thou shalt not be healed thereof. ²⁸ And the LORD shall smite thee with madness, blindness and dazing of heart. ²⁹ And thou shalt grope at noonday as the blind gropeth in darkness, and shalt not come to the right way. And thou shalt suffer violence and wrong all thy life long, and no man shall help thee. ³⁰ Thou shalt be betrothed unto a wife, and another shall lie with her. Thou shalt build a house and another shall dwell therein. Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not make it common. ³¹ Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof. Thine ass shall be violently taken away even before thy face, and shall not be restored thee again. Thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and no man shall help thee. ³² Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another nation, and thine eyes shall see and daze upon them all day long, but shalt have no might in thine hand. ³³ The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a nation eat, which thou knowest not; and thou shalt but suffer violence only and be oppressed always, ³⁴ that thou shalt be clean beside thyself for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. ³⁵ "The LORD shall smite thee with a mischievous botch in the knees and legs, so that thou canst not be healed: even from the sole of the foot unto the top of the head. ³⁶ The LORD shall bring both thee and thy king which thou hast set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, and there thou shalt serve strange gods: even wood and stone. ³⁷ And thou shalt go to waste and be made an example and a jestingstock unto all nations whither the LORD shall carry thee. ³⁸ Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in: for the grasshoppers shall destroy it. ³⁹ Thou shalt plant a vineyard and dress it, but shalt neither drink of the wine neither gather of the grapes: for the worms shall eat it. ⁴⁰ Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy coasts, but shalt not be anointed with the oil: for thine olive trees shall be rooted out. ⁴¹ Thou shalt get sons and daughters, but shalt not have them: for they shall be carried away captive. ⁴² All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall be marred with blasting. ⁴³ The strangers that are among you shall climb above thee up on high, and thou shalt come down beneath a-low. ⁴⁴ He shall lend thee and thou shalt not lend him, he shall be before and thou behind. ⁴⁵ "Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee and shall follow thee and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed: because thou hearkenedest not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and ordinances which he commanded thee; ⁴⁶ and they shall be upon thee as miracles and wonders and upon thy seed for ever. ⁴⁷ And because thou servedest not the LORD thy God with joyfulness and with a good heart for the abundance of all things, ⁴⁸ therefore thou shalt serve thine enemy which the LORD shall send upon thee: in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and in need of all things. And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thine neck, until he have brought thee to nought. ⁴⁹ "And the LORD shall bring a nation upon thee from afar, even from the end of the world, as swift as an eagle flyeth: a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; ⁵⁰ a hard-favoured nation which shall not regard the person of the old nor have compassion on the young. ⁵¹ And he shall eat the fruit of thy land and the fruit of thy cattle until he have destroyed thee: so that he shall leave thee neither corn, wine, nor oil, neither the increase of thine oxen nor the flocks of thy sheep: until he have brought thee to nought. ⁵² And he shall keep thee in all thy cities, until thy high and strong walls be come down wherein thou trustedest, through all thy land. And he shall besiege thee in all thy cities throughout all thy land which the LORD thy God hath given thee. ⁵³ "And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body; the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in that straitness and siege wherewith thine enemy shall besiege thee: ⁵⁴ so that it shall grieve the man that is tender, and exceeding delicate among you, to look on his brother and upon his wife that lieth in his bosom and on the remnant of his children, which he hath yet left - ⁵⁵ for fear of giving unto any of them of the flesh of his children, which he eateth, because he hath nought left him in that straitness and siege wherewith thine enemy shall besiege thee in all thy cities. ⁵⁶ Yea, and the woman that is so tender and delicate among you that she dare not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for softness and tenderness, shall be grieved to look on the husband that lieth in her bosom and on her son and on her daughter - ⁵⁷ even because of the afterbirth, that is come out from between her legs, and because of her children which she hath borne, because she would eat them for need of all things; secretly, in the straitness and siege wherewith thine enemy shall besiege thee in thy cities. ⁵⁸ "If thou wilt not be diligent to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, for to fear this glorious and fearful name of the LORD thy God: ⁵⁹ the LORD will smite both thee and thy seed with wonderful plagues and with great plagues and of long continuance, ⁶⁰ and with evil sicknesses and of long durance. Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt which thou wast afraid of, and they shall cleave unto thee. ⁶¹ Thereto, all manner sicknesses and all manner plagues which are not written in the book of this law, will the LORD bring upon thee until thou be come to nought. ⁶² And ye shall be left few in number, wheretofore ye were as the stars of heaven in multitude: because thou wouldest not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. ⁶³ "And as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you: even so he will rejoice over you, to destroy you and to bring you to nought. And ye shall be wasted from off the land whither thou goest to enjoy it. ⁶⁴ And the LORD shall scatter thee among all nations from the one end of the world unto the other, and there thou shalt serve strange gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known: even wood and stone. ⁶⁵ And among these nations thou shalt be no small season, and yet shalt have no rest for the sole of thy foot. For the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart and dazing eyes and sorrow of mind. ⁶⁶ And thy life shall hang before thee, and thou shalt fear both day and night and shalt have no trust in thy life. ⁶⁷ In the morning thou shalt say, 'Would God it were night.' And at night thou shalt say, 'Would God it were morning' — for fear of thine heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. ⁶⁸ "And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way which I bade thee that thou shouldest see it no more. And there ye shall be sold unto your enemies, for bondmen and bondwomen: and yet no man shall buy you."

³ Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are a heritage and gift, that cometh of the LORD.

⁴⁷ And because thou servedest not the LORD thy God with joyfulness and with a good heart for the abundance of all things, ⁴⁸ therefore thou shalt serve thine enemy which the LORD shall send upon thee: in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and in need of all things. And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thine neck, until he have brought thee to nought.

⁵ For thou, O LORD, hast heard my desires, and hast given a heritage unto those that fear thy name.