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66 Bible Verses about Offering That Pleases God
You know, God sees right into our hearts. He knows when we're giving our best. He's not looking for perfection, but He loves it when we give cheerfully and not grudgingly. Think about it: when you give a gift with a happy heart, it just feels different, right?
Your offering should come from a willing heart, given justly, according to what you have. As the Bible says, "Each one must give as he has decided in his heart" (2 Corinthians 9:7). It's not about how much, but about the heart behind it.
The Bible teaches us that God wants us to give joyfully and generously, just like He does. He gives abundantly, "without finding fault" (James 1:5). Think about the sunshine and the rain – He gives those to everyone, right? Just like in Matthew 5:45, He sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. That's true generosity.
So, when you give to God, think of it as a thank you for all He's given you. And don't forget about giving to others, too, following God's example. It's a way of acknowledging that everything we have ultimately belongs to Him.
When you give, trust in God's faithfulness and His promise to provide for all your needs. He's got you covered. More than the actual gift, He cares about the attitude behind it. He wants your offering to be obedient and freely given, according to His commandments, and accompanied by a merciful heart, full of the desire to glorify Him. God makes it clear that He's not pleased with offerings that are just going through the motions, you know, those traditional or ritualistic ones that lack a truly obedient and merciful heart, lacking the desire to glorify Him.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat of it. And LORD had respect to Abel and to his offering,
Ascribe to LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship LORD in holy array.
And having sat down opposite the treasury, Jesus watched how the multitude cast money into the treasury, and many rich men cast in much.
And one poor widow having come, she cast in two mites, which are a quadrans.
And having summoned his disciples, he says to them, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all those who are casting into the treasury.
For they all cast in from that which is abundant to them, but she from her need cast in all, as many things she had, her whole living.
If therefore thou should bring thy gift to the altar, and remember there that thy brother has anything against thee,
leave there thy gift before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then, after coming, bring thy gift.
There is he who covets greedily all the day long, but the righteous gives and does not withhold.
When therefore thou do charity, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
Each man as he purposes in his heart, not from regret or from necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will give into your bosom. For with the same measure with which ye measure, it will be measured again to you.
LORD answer thee in the day of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high,
send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion,
remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt-sacrifice (Selah),
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust deteriorates, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
The generous soul shall be made prosperous, and he who waters shall also be watered himself.
Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.
And if I dole out all things possessed by me, and if I deliver my body so that I may be burned, and have not love, I benefit nothing.
And he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver. And they shall offer to LORD offerings in righteousness.
For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain participation for the poor of the sanctified at Jerusalem.
And God is able to abound all grace for you, so that always in everything having all sufficiency, ye may abound for every good work,
The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.
And he who supplies seed to the man who sows, and bread for eating, may he supply and multiply your seed, and may he increase the fruits of your righteousness,
But this, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows in blessings will also reap in blessings.
Now concerning the collection for the sanctified, as I arranged for the congregations of Galatia, so also do ye.
Upon the first day of the week let each of you set something aside near himself, storing up whatever he may prosper, so that when I come no collections may be made then.
Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now with this, says LORD of hosts, if I will not open to you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be
But do not forget benevolence and fellowship, for God is well pleased with such sacrifices.
There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.
And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings to LORD, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted.
being enriched in everything for every generosity, which works gratitude to God through us.
Give to every man who asks thee, and from him who takes away thy personal things do not demand them back.
But I receive all things, and I abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, an aroma of fragrance, an acceptable sacrifice well-pleasing to God.
Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens.
When therefore thou do charity, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
But when thou do charity, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does,
so that thy charity may be in secret. And thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee in the open.
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought an offering to LORD of the fruit of the ground.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat of it. And LORD had respect to Abel and to his offering,
but he did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
Take ye from among you an offering to LORD. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it--LORD's offering: gold, and silver, and brass,
And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to LORD, ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted.
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of LORD thy God which he has given thee.
With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to thee. I will give thanks to thy name, O LORD, for it is good.
For thou delight not in sacrifice, else I would give it. Thou have no pleasure in burnt-offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou will not despise.
Honor LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase,
so thy barns shall be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
And having looked up, he saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury.
And he also saw a certain poor widow there casting in two mites.
And he said, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than they all.
For all these cast into the offerings of God from their abundance, but this woman from her poverty cast in all the living that she had.
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.
Speak to the sons of Israel, that they take for me an offering; of every man whose heart makes him willing ye shall take my offering.
ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the sons of Israel gave in abundance the first-fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field. And they brought in the tithe of all things abundantly.
Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.
He who goes forth and weeps, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves.
Upon the first day of the week let each of you set something aside near himself, storing up whatever he may prosper, so that when I come no collections may be made then.
For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable to the extent if some man has, not to the extent he does not have.
If ye therefore, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more your Father in the heavens will give good things to those who ask him?
LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
And all things, anything whatever ye may do, work from soul as to the Lord and not to men,
knowing that from Lord ye will receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Be not misled, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows this he will also reap.
Because he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
And let us not be weary doing good, for in our own time we will reap, not desponding.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Is it not to deal thy bread to a hungry man, and that thou bring the poor who are cast out to thy house, when thou see a naked man, that thou cover him, and that thou not hide thyself from thine own flesh?
By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, because of which he was reported to be righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through it, he who died still speaks.
But now I am going to Jerusalem serving the sanctified.
For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain participation for the poor of the sanctified at Jerusalem.
to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share,
storing up for themselves a good foundation for that which is coming, so that they may take hold of the eternal life.
What shall I render to LORD for all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of LORD.
I will pay my vows to LORD, yea, in the presence of all his people.
But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
My Little children, we should not love in word, nor with the tongue, but in deed and in truth.
to the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to thee forever.
Through him therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, fruit of lips acknowledging his name.
LORD is near to those who are of a broken heart, and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but LORD delivers him out of them all.
If we sowed spiritual things to you, is it a great thing if we will reap your carnal things?
Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,
nor as domineering over the lots, but becoming examples of the flock.
He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.
Every good gift and every perfect endowment is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation nor shadow of turning.
In everything express thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.