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64 Bible Verses about Bad Offering
When you choose to live without God, it's easy to lose that awareness of Him and start making choices that aren't aligned with His ways. Maybe you haven't truly encountered Him yet. Our hearts can be so deceitful, always looking for ways to satisfy our own twisted desires, driven by that inner restlessness.
The only way to live a righteous life is to keep God's word close to your heart and follow His will. That's how genuine goodness grows from deep within.
God isn't pleased when offerings are misused. They should be used to grow His work and spread the Gospel to everyone, fulfilling the command He gave us. Prayer is key to making sure your offerings are used the right way and that you're following God's leading.
And, Whosoever shall swear by the Altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the Altar that sanctifieth the gift?
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
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 YY your Elohim, which have separated you from other people.
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto YY thy Elohim any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto YY thy Elohim.
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
Two men went up into the Temple to pray; the one a Parush, and the other a publican.
The Parush stood and prayed thus with himself, Elohim, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, Elohim be merciful to me a sinner.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for Elohim loveth a cheerful giver.
Will a man rob Elohim? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the Altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Leave there thy gift before the Altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of Elohim: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And YY had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
But unto Kayin and to his offering he had not respect. And Kayin was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith YY -TZvaot unto you, O kohanim, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of YY is contemptible.
And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith YY -TZvaot.
Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
And in process of time it came to pass, that Kayin brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto YY .
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And YY had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
But unto Kayin and to his offering he had not respect. And Kayin was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto YY thy Elohim.
But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto YY to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto YY , nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto YY .
And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith YY -TZvaot.
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of YY is contemptible.
And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto YY , ye shall offer it at your own will.
Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith YY -TZvaot; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith YY .
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto YY a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith YY -TZvaot, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
And Shmuel said, Hath YY as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of YY ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith YY : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and Sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Thus saith YY Elohim; Let it suffice you, O princes of Yisrael: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith YY Elohim.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of Elohim: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
Wherefore YY said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Shva, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for teachings The Commandments of men.
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices Elohim is well pleased.
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to YY : but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Wherewith shall I come before YY , and bow myself before the high Elohim? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Will YY be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth YY require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy Elohim?
Take heed that ye do not your tzedakim before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Therefore when thou doest thine tzedakim, do not sound a shofar before thee, as the hypocrites do in the Synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
That thine tzadakim may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
The sacrifices of Elohim are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O Elohim, thou wilt not despise.
Woe unto you, scribes and Prushim, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the Torah, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Take ye from among you an offering unto YY : whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of YY ; gold, and silver, and brass,
And Y'shuw`a sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And he called unto him his talmidim, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy kehunnath, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to Elohim by Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach.
Judge me, O YY ; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in YY ; therefore I shall not slide.
Examine me, O YY , and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of Elohim, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Elohim, which is your reasonable service.
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto YY a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith YY -TZvaot, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Be not deceived; Elohim is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Ruach shall of the Ruach reap life everlasting.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
For the flesh lusteth against the Ruach, and the Ruach against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of Elohim, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before Elohim: for Elohim is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Who shall ascend into the hill of YY ? or who shall stand in his holy place?
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Will a man rob Elohim? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith YY -TZvaot, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
But a certain man named Hananyah, with Shappirah his wife, sold a possession,
And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the emissaries feet.
But Kefa said, Hananyah, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to Ruach HaKodesh, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto Elohim.
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
By faith Hevel offered unto Elohim a more excellent sacrifice than Kayin, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, Elohim testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Upon each one Sabbath, let every one of you lay by him in store, as Elohim hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
For as many as are of the works of the Torah are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the Torah to do them.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Y'shuw`a said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living Elohim, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
That they do good, that they be rich in tzdukim, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.