Top 25 Bible Verses About Buying Land (NIV)

¹⁸ My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.

⁸ If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.

¹⁹ And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

²³ "'The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you are but aliens and my tenants.

⁷ Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper."

¹ The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;

²¹ They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. ²² No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands.

⁴⁵ I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.

⁵ "Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.

⁵ Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

⁴⁴ Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, because I will restore their fortunes, declares the LORD."

³ By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; ⁴ through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.

²⁷ Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

⁴ Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

¹⁸ The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people will be separated from his property.'"

¹ The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I swore to give to your forefathers. I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you,

¹⁸ But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.

¹ "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. ² See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you. ³ Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. ⁴ "Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the arm. ⁵ Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come. ⁶ Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. And all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and incense and proclaiming the praise of the LORD. ⁷ All Kedar's flocks will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will be accepted as offerings on my altar, and I will adorn my glorious temple. ⁸ "Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests? ⁹ Surely the islands look to me; in the lead are the ships of Tarshish, bringing your sons from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor. ¹⁰ "Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion. ¹¹ Your gates will always stand open, they will never be shut, day or night, so that men may bring you the wealth of the nations- their kings led in triumphal procession. ¹² For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined. ¹³ "The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the pine, the fir and the cypress together, to adorn the place of my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place of my feet. ¹⁴ The sons of your oppressors will come bowing before you; all who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. ¹⁵ "Although you have been forsaken and hated, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride and the joy of all generations. ¹⁶ You will drink the milk of nations and be nursed at royal breasts. Then you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. ¹⁷ Instead of bronze I will bring you gold, and silver in place of iron. Instead of wood I will bring you bronze, and iron in place of stones. I will make peace your governor and righteousness your ruler. ¹⁸ No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. ¹⁹ The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. ²⁰ Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end. ²¹ Then will all your people be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor. ²² The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will do this swiftly."

⁴⁴ "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

¹⁴ Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

⁷ The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

¹ The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases. ² All a man's ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart. ³ To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. ⁴ Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin! ⁵ The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. ⁶ A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. ⁷ The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right. ⁸ The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. ⁹ Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. ¹⁰ The wicked man craves evil; his neighbor gets no mercy from him. ¹¹ When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; when a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge. ¹² The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin. ¹³ If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered. ¹⁴ A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath. ¹⁵ When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. ¹⁶ A man who strays from the path of understanding comes to rest in the company of the dead. ¹⁷ He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich. ¹⁸ The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright. ¹⁹ Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife. ²⁰ In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has. ²¹ He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor. ²² A wise man attacks the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.

¹⁴ Do not move your neighbor's boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

⁵ With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.

⁶ The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.