Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Heir’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Heir’ occurs 25 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 15:3 And Abram added: “Yet to me you have not given offspring. And behold, my servant born in my house will be my heir.”Genesis 15:3
Genesis 15:4 And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: “This one will not be your heir. But he who will come from your loins, the same will you have for your heir.”Genesis 15:4
Genesis 21:10 “Cast out this woman servant and her son. For the son of a woman servant will not be heir with my son Isaac.”Genesis 21:10
Number of the word / term Heir in Genesis: 3
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 14:7 And behold, the whole family, rising up against your handmaid, said: ‘Deliver him who struck down his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and so that we may do away with the heir.’ And they are seeking to extinguish my spark that is left, so that there may not survive a name for my husband, nor a remnant upon the earth.”2 Samuel 14:7
Number of the word / term Heir in 2 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 9:12 Now therefore, you should not give your daughters to their sons, nor should you receive their daughters for your sons. And you should not seek their peace, nor their prosperity, even forever. So shall you be strengthened, and so shall you eat the good things of the land, and have your sons as your heirs, even for all time.Ezra 9:12
Number of the word / term Heir in Ezra: 1
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 13:22 The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just.Proverbs 13:22
Proverbs 30:23 by a hateful woman when she has been taken in matrimony, and by a handmaid when she has been heir to her mistress.Proverbs 30:23
Number of the word / term Heir in Proverbs: 2
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 2:18 Again, I detested all my efforts, by which I had earnestly labored under the sun, to be taken up by an heir after me,Ecclesiastes 2:18
Number of the word / term Heir in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 49:1 Against the sons of Ammon. Thus says the Lord: “Does Israel have no sons? Or is there no heir for him? Then why has Milcom possessed the inheritance of Gad, and why have his people lived in his cities?Jeremiah 49:1
Number of the word / term Heir in Jeremiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Micah
Micah 1:15 Nevertheless, I will lead an heir to you, who dwell in Mareshah: the glory of Israel will reach all the way to Adullam.Micah 1:15
Number of the word / term Heir in Micah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 21:38 But the farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves: ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and then we will have his inheritance.’Matthew 21:38
Number of the word / term Heir in Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Mark
Mark 12:7 But the settlers said one to another: ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him. And then the inheritance will be ours.’Mark 12:7
Number of the word / term Heir in Mark: 1
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Luke
Luke 20:14 And when the settlers had seen him, they discussed it among themselves, saying: ‘This one is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance will be ours.’Luke 20:14
Number of the word / term Heir in Luke: 1
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Romans
Romans 4:14 For if those who are of the law are the heirs, then faith becomes empty and the Promise is abolished.Romans 4:14
Romans 8:17 But if we are sons, then we are also heirs: certainly heirs of God, but also co-heirs with Christ, yet in such a way that, if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him.Romans 8:17
Number of the word / term Heir in Romans: 2
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 3:29 And if you are Christ’s, then are you the offspring of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.Galatians 3:29
Galatians 4:1 But I say that, during the time an heir is a child, he is no different from a servant, even though he is the owner of everything.Galatians 4:1
Galatians 4:7 And so now he is not a servant, but a son. But if he is a son, then he is also an heir, through God.Galatians 4:7
Galatians 4:30 And what does Scripture say? “Cast out the woman servant and her son. For the son of a servant women shall not be an heir with the son of a free woman.”Galatians 4:30
Number of the word / term Heir in Galatians: 4
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Titus
Titus 3:7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.Titus 3:7
Number of the word / term Heir in Titus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 1:2 lastly, in these days, he has spoken to us through the Son, whom he appointed as the heir of all things, and through whom he made the world.Hebrews 1:2
Hebrews 6:17 In this matter, God, wanting to reveal more thoroughly the immutability of his counsel to the heirs of the promise, interposed an oath,Hebrews 6:17
Hebrews 11:7 By faith, Noah, having accepted an answer about those things which were not yet seen, being afraid, fashioned an ark for the salvation of his house. Through the ark, he condemned the world, and was established as the heir of the justice that occurs through faith.Hebrews 11:7
Number of the word / term Heir in Hebrews: 3
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book James
James 2:5 My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him?James 2:5
Number of the word / term Heir in James: 1
Bible passages with ‘Heir’ in the book 1 Peter
1 Peter 3:22 He is at the right hand of God, devouring death, so that we may be made heirs to eternal life. And since he has journeyed to heaven, the Angels and powers and virtues are subject to him.1 Peter 3:22
Number of the word / term ‘Heir’ in 1 Peter: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
