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«Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.»
«And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.»
«But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: heir, husbandmen
«For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: / For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; / For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.»
«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? / Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.»
«And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? / And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Abram, childless, Damascus, heir, steward, stewards
«For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: heir
«And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: bowel, bowels, come forth, heir
«Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, / What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?»
Author: John Milton (Historian, Poet, Scholar) | Keywords: heir, Son, Son of, witness
«A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel»
Author: Spanish Proverb | Keywords: heir, rich man, scoundrel

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