O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,} I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to Inherit it.
And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest Inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and Inherit the land.
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall Inherit it for ever.
But I have said unto you, Ye shall Inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to Inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to Inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall Inherit.
For we will not Inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall Inherit.
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall Inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to Inherit it.
But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to Inherit the land which thou shalt see.
But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to Inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and Inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to Inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt Inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to Inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to Inherit it.
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to Inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not Inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them Inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to Inherit.
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall Inherit the earth.
But the meek shall Inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
For such as be blessed of him shall Inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to Inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
The seed also of his servants shall Inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
That I may cause those that love me to Inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
He that troubleth his own house shall Inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to Inherit the desolate heritages;
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall Inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall Inherit my holy mountain;
Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall Inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall Inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall Inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to Inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king Inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall Inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
And ye shall Inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
And the LORD shall Inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall Inherit everlasting life.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may Inherit eternal life?
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to Inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. read more But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 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 repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. show less
And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to Inherit eternal life?
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not Inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall Inherit the kingdom of God.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot Inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption Inherit incorruption.
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not Inherit the kingdom of God.
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience Inherit the promises.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should Inherit a blessing.
He that overcometh shall Inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
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