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115 Bible Verses about Giving First Fruit Offerings
Think about first fruits – that special offering we give to God. It's a way of saying "thank you" and showing our love for Him. In the Bible, it's often talked about with the first harvest or the firstborn livestock. But it's so much deeper than that, isn't it?
Giving our first fruits is really about acknowledging that everything we have comes from God. It's about honoring Him by giving Him the first and the best – not the leftovers. It's an act of trust, like saying, "God, I know you'll provide. I know you're the owner of everything, and I depend on you."
It's a good reminder to put God first in everything – not just our money, but our time, our talents, how we use what we have, even the decisions we make every single day. When we put God first, we're saying, "I trust you, God. I want your guidance in everything I do."
It's like James 1:181 says, "He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he created." That's pretty powerful, to think of ourselves as God's first fruits.
Honor the Lord with your just labors, and give Him the firstfruits of your righteousness,
that your storehouses may be completely filled with grain, and that your presses may burst forth with wine.
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have died.
For if the firstfruit is holy, so also the lump; and if the root is holy, so also the branches.
Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, When you shall enter into the land which I give you, and reap the harvest of it, then shall you bring a sheaf, the firstfruits of your harvest, to the priest;
and he shall lift up the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you. On the morning of the first day the priest shall lift it up.
Exercising His will He begat us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
And it shall be, when you have entered into the land which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, and you have inherited it, and you have dwelt upon it,
that you shall take of the first of the fruits of your land, which the Lord your God gives you, and you shall put them into a basket, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have His name called there.
And the firstfruits of all things, and the firstborn of all animals and all offerings, of all your firstfruits there shall be a share for the priests; and you shall give your earliest produce to the priest, to bring your blessings upon your houses.
And not only that, but also we ourselves having the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting adoption, the redemption of our body.
Every first offering of oil, and every first offering of wine, their firstfruits of grain, whatsoever they may give to the Lord, to you have I given them.
All the firstfruits that are in their land, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord, shall be yours: every clean person in your house shall eat them.
and the firstfruits of your grain, and of your wine, and of your oil; and you shall give to him the firstfruits of the fleeces of your sheep:
So Jesus said to them, "Assuredly I say to you, that in the Regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And you shall keep the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors, whatsoever you shall have sown in your field, and the Feast of Completion at the end of the year in the gathering of your fruits out of your field.
Let each one give just as he decides in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
You shall bring them in the way of fruits to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord.
And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his sheep and of his fatlings. And God looked upon Abel and his gifts,
Sanctify to Me every firstborn, first produced, opening every womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast: it is Mine.
and to bring the firstfruits of our land, and the firstfruits of the fruit of every tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord;
the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, for the priests that minister in the house of our God.
And the firstfruits of our grain, and the fruit of every tree, of wine, and of oil, will we bring to the priests to the treasury of the house of God; and a tithe of our land to the Levites; for the Levites themselves shall receive tithes in all the cities of the land we cultivate.
You shall not keep back the firstfruits of your threshing floor and press. The firstborn of your sons you shall give unto Me.
And whenever you shall enter into the land which the Lord your God gives you, and shall plant any fruit tree, then shall you purge away its uncleanness; its fruit shall be unclean to you for three years; it shall not be eaten.
And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a subject of praise to the Lord.
And in the fifth year you shall eat the fruit, its produce is an increase to you. I am the Lord your God.
and to bring the firstfruits of our land, and the firstfruits of the fruit of every tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord;
You shall offer your bread as a heave offering: as a heave offering from the threshing floor, so shall you separate it,
even the firstfruits of your dough, and you shall give the Lord a heave offering throughout your generations.
You shall bring the first offerings of the firstfruits of your land into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young lamb in its mother's milk.
And you shall carry there your whole burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your firstfruits, and your vowed offerings, and your freewill offerings, and your offerings of thanksgiving, the firstborn of your herds, and of your flocks.
And you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice in all the things on which you shall lay your hand, you and your houses, as the Lord your God has blessed you.
And you shall keep to Me the Feast of Weeks, the beginning of wheat-harvest; and the Feast of Ingathering in the middle of the year.
The firstfruits of your land shall you put into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a lamb in his mother's milk.
And if you would offer a sacrifice of firstfruits to the Lord, it shall be new grains ground and roasted for the Lord; so shall you bring the sacrifice of the firstfruits.
You shall tithe a tenth of all the produce of your seed, the fruit of your field, year by year.
And you shall eat it in the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have His name called there; you shall bring the tithe of your grain and of your wine, and of your oil, the firstborn of your herd and of your flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God at all times.
even the firstfruits of your dough, and you shall give the Lord a heave offering throughout your generations.
And on the day of the new grain, when you shall offer a new sacrifice at the Feast of Weeks to the Lord, there shall be to you a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work,
Every first offering of oil, and every first offering of wine, their firstfruits of grain, whatsoever they may give to the Lord, to you have I given them.
And it was so after some time that Cain brought a sacrifice to the Lord of the fruits of the earth.
And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his sheep and of his fatlings. And God looked upon Abel and his gifts,
but Cain and his sacrifices He regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell.
And you shall carry there your whole burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your firstfruits, and your vowed offerings, and your freewill offerings, and your offerings of thanksgiving, the firstborn of your herds, and of your flocks.
Every tithe of the land, both of the seed of the land, and of the fruit of trees, is the Lord's, holy to the Lord.
that you shall take of the first of the fruits of your land, which the Lord your God gives you, and you shall put them into a basket, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have His name called there.
And now behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which you gave me, O Lord, a land flowing with milk and honey; and you shall leave it before the Lord your God, and you shall worship before the Lord your God;
The year is completed, and you have brought all the produce into the storehouses; but there shall be the plunder thereof in its house: return now on this behalf, says the Lord Almighty, see if I will not open to you the torrents of heaven, and pour out My blessing upon you, until you are satisfied.
And behold, I have given to the sons of Levi every tithe in Israel for an inheritance for their services, the work in which they perform in the tabernacle of witness.
And there came a man over from Baal Shalisha, and brought to the man of God twenty barley loaves and cakes of figs, of the firstfruits. And he said, Give to the people, and let them eat.
And you shall say before the Lord your God, I have fully collected the holy things out of my house, and I have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, according to all commands which You have commanded me: I did not transgress Your command, and I did not forget it.
And in my distress I did not eat of them, I have not gathered of them for an unclean purpose, I have not given of them to the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, I have done as You have commanded me.
Look down from Your holy house, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel, and the land which You have given them, as You swore to our fathers, to give to us a land flowing with milk and honey.
And as he gave the command, Israel brought abundantly their firstfruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and every fruit of the field. And the children of Israel and Judah brought tithes of everything abundantly.
And in that day they appointed men over the treasuries, for the treasures, the firstfruits, and the tithes, and for the chiefs of the cities who were assembled among them, to furnish portions for the priests and Levites; for there was joy in Judah over the priests and over the Levites that waited.
And they told the people who dwelt in Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be strong in the ministry of the house of the Lord.
And as he gave the command, Israel brought abundantly their firstfruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and every fruit of the field. And the children of Israel and Judah brought tithes of everything abundantly.
and He struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt; the firstfruits of their labors in the tents of Ham.
And the offering of the wood-bearers was at certain set times, and in the times of the firstfruits. Remember me, O our God, for good.
Take of yourselves an offering for the Lord: everyone that engages in his heart shall bring the firstfruits to the Lord - gold, silver, brass,
No part of it shall be sold, nor measured as for sale, neither shall the firstfruits of the land be taken away; for they are holy to the Lord.
And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman any longer labor for the offerings of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing any more.
And they had materials sufficient for making the furniture, and they left some besides.
But this I say: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Let each one give just as he decides in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then those who belong to Christ at His coming.
Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure, pressed down and shaken and running over they shall give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it shall be measured back to you."
And I have all things and abound. I have been made full, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.
There are some who scatter their own, and make it more, and there are some also who gather, yet have less.
Every sincere soul is blessed, but a passionate man is not graceful.
But do not forget the doing of good and generosity, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the more important things of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These things you should have done, and not have neglected the others.
And every tithe of oxen, and of sheep, and whatsoever may come in numbering under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the Lord.
You shall not change a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if you should at all change it, its equivalent also shall be holy, it shall not be redeemed.
On the first day of the week let each one of you put something aside, storing up whatever he may prosper, in order that there be no collections when I come.
And it shall be, when you have entered into the land which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, and you have inherited it, and you have dwelt upon it,
that you shall take of the first of the fruits of your land, which the Lord your God gives you, and you shall put them into a basket, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have His name called there.
And you shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and you shall say to him, I testify this day to the Lord my God, that I have come into the land which the Lord swore to our fathers to give to us.
And the priest shall take the basket out of your hands, and shall set it before the altar of the Lord your God;
and he shall answer and say before the Lord your God, My father abandoned Syria, and went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a small number, and became there a mighty nation and a great multitude.
And the Egyptians afflicted us, and humbled us, and imposed hard tasks on us,
and we cried to the Lord our God, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our humiliation, and our labor, and our affliction.
And the Lord brought us out of Egypt Himself with His great strength, and His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm, and with great visions, and with signs, and with wonders.
And He brought us into this place, and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
And now behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which you gave me, O Lord, a land flowing with milk and honey; and you shall leave it before the Lord your God, and you shall worship before the Lord your God;
and you shall rejoice in all the good things which the Lord your God has given you, you and your family, and the Levite, and the stranger that is within you.
And looking up, He saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites.
And He said, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all.
For all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood which she had."
Nor was there anyone needy among them; for all who were owners of lands or houses were selling them, and were bringing the proceeds of the things which had been sold,
and were placing them beside the feet of the apostles; and they were distributing to each, to the degree that anyone had need.
I will willingly sacrifice to You; I will give thanks to Your name, O Lord; for it is good.
By all things I have shown you, that thus laboring it is necessary to help those being weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
Therefore, brothers, I exhort you through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your intelligent service.
But who am I, and what is my people, that we have been able to be thus forward in offering to You? For all things are Yours, and of Your own have we given You,
For if there is first a readiness, it is acceptable according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.
A Psalm of David on the first day of the week. The earth is the Lord's and all its fullness; the world, and all that dwell in it.
And my God will supply all your need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a house of God; and of everything You shall give me, I will tithe a tenth to You.
Do not refrain from doing good to the poor, whenever your hand may have power to help them.
Do not say, Come back another time, tomorrow I will give; while you are able today to do him good; for you know not what the next day will bring forth.
For upon My holy mountain, on the high mountain, says the Lord, even the Lord, there shall all the house of Israel serve Me forever. And there will I accept you, and there will I have respect to your firstfruits, and the firstfruits of your offerings, in all your holy things.
Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to put their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who provides all things richly for us to enjoy,
to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, sharing,
And the men, even everyone to whom it seemed good in his heart, brought from the women, they brought seals and earrings, finger rings, necklaces and bracelets, every article of gold.
Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
in everything being made rich to all generosity, which produces thanksgiving through us to God.
Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves money bags which do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief does not come near, nor does a moth destroy.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
and blessed be the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your power. And Abram gave him a tithe of all.
A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a Father, where is My honor? And if I am a Master, where is My fear? Says the Lord Almighty. You the priests are they that despise My name: yet you said, In what way have we despised Your name?
In that you bring to My altar polluted bread; and you said, In what way have we polluted it? In that you say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and that which was set on it you have despised.
For if you bring a blind victim for sacrifices, is it not evil? And if you bring the lame or the sick, is it not evil? Offer it now to your ruler, and see if he will receive you, if he will accept your person, says the Lord Almighty.
"Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; He brings low, and lifts up.
He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to inherit the throne of glory;
and Joanna the wife of Chuza, a supervisor of Herod, and Susanna, and many others who were ministering to them from their belongings.
And Israel their father said to them, If it be so, do this; take of the fruits of the earth in your vessels, and carry down to the man presents of balm and honey, frankincense and myrrh, pistachio nuts and walnuts.
And all the princes and all the people gave, and brought in, and cast into the box until it was filled.
And it came to pass, when they brought in the box to the officers of the king by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that the money was more than sufficient, then came the king's scribe, and the officer of the high priest, and emptied the box, and restored it to its place. Thus they did day by day, and collected much money.
Everyone that passes the survey from twenty years old and upwards shall give the offering to the Lord.
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half-shekel in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
And you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God, accordingly as your hand has power, in as many things as the Lord your God shall give you.
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring into the treasuries the firstfruits of the grain, and wine, and oil; to where the holy vessels are, and the priests, and the ministers, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
You went into Bethel and sinned, and you multiplied sin at Gilgal; and you brought your grain offerings in the morning, and your tithes every third day.
And they read the law outdoors, and called for public professions: proclaim aloud that the children of Israel have loved these things, says the Lord.
And you shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and you shall say to him, I testify this day to the Lord my God, that I have come into the land which the Lord swore to our fathers to give to us.
And the priest shall take the basket out of your hands, and shall set it before the altar of the Lord your God;
And the Lord said to Aaron, Behold, I have given you the charge of the firstfruits of all things consecrated to Me by the children of Israel; and I have given them to you as an honor, and to your sons after you for a perpetual ordinance.
And it shall come to pass, if your sons say to you, What is this service?
That you shall say to them, This Passover is a sacrifice to the Lord, as He defended the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when He struck the Egyptians, but delivered our houses.
This is the law of the whole burnt offerings, and of sacrifice, and of sin-offering, and of offering for transgression, and of the sacrifice of consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offering;
Of what value to Me is the abundance of your sacrifices? Says the Lord; I am full of whole burnt offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats;
neither shall you come with these to appear before Me; for who has required these things at your hands? You shall no more tread My court.
Though you bring fine flour, it is futile; incense is an abomination to Me; I cannot bear your new moons, and your Sabbaths, and the great day;
your fasting, and rest from work, your new moons also, and your feasts My soul hates; you have become loathsome to Me; I will no more pardon your sins.
When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away My eyes from you; and though you make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.
Wash, and be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before My eyes; cease from your iniquities;
learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.
Whenever therefore you do charitable giving, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by men. Assuredly I say to you, they receive their reward in full.
But when you do charitable giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
so that your charitable giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will Himself reward you openly.
For if You desired sacrifice, I would have given it; You will not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings.
Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.
Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor; and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I restore fourfold."
But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother having need, and shuts off his compassion towards him, how does the love of God abide in him?
He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker, but he that honors Him has pity upon the poor.
"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.'
Give to the Lord the glory due His name; take gifts and offer them before Him, and worship the Lord in His holy courts.
An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day, but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.
And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.
He that gives to the poor shall not be in need, but he that turns away his eye from him shall be in great distress.
For the end, A Psalm of David. Blessed is the man who thinks on the poor and needy; the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.
Each one according to his ability, according to the blessing of the Lord your God, which He has given you.
And while we do good, let us not lose heart, for in due season we shall reap if we do not become weary.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us work what is good toward all, but especially toward those who are of the household of faith.
Thus let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and they may glorify your Father who is in heaven.
And let them offer to Him the sacrifice of praise, and proclaim His works with exaltation.
And if a soul bring a gift, a sacrifice to the Lord, his gift shall be fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and shall put frankincense on it: it is a sacrifice.
And he shall bring it to the priests the sons of Aaron. And having taken from it a handful of the fine flour with the oil, and all its frankincense, then the priest shall put the memorial of it on the altar: it is a sacrifice, an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord.
And the remainder of the sacrifice shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion from the sacrifices of the Lord.
Now all who believed were together, and they had all things in common,
and they were selling their possessions and goods, and were dividing them among all, to the degree that anyone had a need.
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, by how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
But as you abound in everything--in faith, in word, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us--see that you abound in this grace also.