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124 Bible Verses about The Offering
At the start of each week, I encourage you to set aside a portion of your earnings, just as it says in 1 Corinthians 16:2. It's better not to wait until the last minute and try to scramble everything together. Paul, in his letters to the early churches, addressed practical matters, including how they handled their finances, offering clear guidance for everyday living. Giving was definitely part of his teaching.
Ephesians 5:2 talks about how Christ was the perfect offering, giving himself for us. Every time we give, we remember that sacrifice. When you give, you're reflecting Jesus, who held nothing back. Giving is a way of saying thank you to God, a natural expression of faith.
Revelation 1:6 reminds us that one of the roles of a priest is to offer gifts to God. I know talking about giving can make some folks uncomfortable, but there's a real blessing in it. Sure, most of us would rather receive than give, but I encourage you to give generously, without holding back. God loves a cheerful giver and blesses the work of their hands.
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,
then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.
Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's: it is holy unto Jehovah.
He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true {\i riches}?
And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
Honor Jehovah with thy substance,\par\tab And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,\par\tab And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.\par
Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;
but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.
Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year.
And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.
every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children 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 the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
and that we should bring the first-fruits of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.
{\i Let} each man {\i do} according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough {\i to receive it}.
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.
And all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.\par
Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more;\par\tab And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but {\i it tendeth} only to want.
And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.
For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God;
And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:
{\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble;\par\tab The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;
Send thee help from the sanctuary,\par\tab And strengthen thee out of Zion;
Remember all thy offerings,\par\tab And accept thy burnt-sacrifice; {\i Selah
But this {\i I say}, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
{\i Let} each man {\i do} according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.
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.
give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.}\par
The liberal soul shall be made fat;\par\tab And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough {\i to receive it}.
But this {\i I say}, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Take ye from among you an offering unto Jehovah; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Jehovah's offering: gold, and silver, and brass,
With a freewill-offering will I sacrifice unto thee:\par\tab I will give thanks unto thy name, O Jehovah, for it is good.
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.
And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
And he said, {\cf6 Of a truth I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than they all:
for all these did of their superfluity cast in unto the gifts; but she of her want did cast in all the living that she had.}\par
Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things {\i that came} from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.
But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth;\par\tab He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.
For if the readiness is there, {\i it is} acceptable according as {\i a man} hath, not according as {\i he} hath not.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah,\par\tab And his good deed will he pay him again.
But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.
What shall I render unto Jehovah\par\tab For all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation,\par\tab And call upon the name of Jehovah.
Jesus said unto him, {\cf6 If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.}
There is that coveteth greedily all the day long;\par\tab But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving;\par\tab And pay thy vows unto the Most High;
And call upon me in the day of trouble:\par\tab I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.\par
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, {\i which is} your spiritual service.
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.
Who executeth justice for the oppressed;\par\tab Who giveth food to the hungry.\par\tab Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein,
that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
and they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make.
Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.\par
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.\par
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger;\par\tab But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;
knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me;\par\tab And to him that ordereth his way {\i aright}\par\tab Will I show the salvation of God.\par
and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, {\cf6 It is more blessed to give than to receive.}\par
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;\par\tab For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light:\par\tab Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, {\i even} these least, ye did it unto me.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again;\par\tab But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,\par\tab When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
And on the morrow he took out two shillings, and gave them to the host, and said, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back again, will repay thee.
only {\i they would} that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.\par
according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.\par
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them;\par\tab He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:\par\tab A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.\par
All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.\par
{\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab Blessed is he that considereth the poor:\par\tab Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack;\par\tab But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
And Zacch\'e6us stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold.
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according as any man had need.
A bribe is {\i as} a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it;\par\tab Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, {\i let him do it} with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.\par
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away.
Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden,\par\tab Even the God who is our salvation. {\i Selah
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah,\par\tab And teach me thine ordinances.
and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;
But as ye abound in everything, {\i in} faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and {\i in} all earnestness, and {\i in} our love to you, {\i see} that ye abound in this grace also.
Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.\par
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,\par\tab And will call upon the name of Jehovah.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah;\par\tab But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of mine own of gold and silver, I give it unto the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
and Joanna the wife of Chuzas Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered unto them of their substance.\par
and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;
not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting {\i one another}; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.\par
Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah,\par\tab Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,\par\tab Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.
Thou hast given him his heart's desire,\par\tab And hast not withholden the request of his lips. {\i Selah
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy;\par\tab His righteousness endureth for ever:\par\tab His horn shall be exalted with honor.
There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more;\par\tab And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but {\i it tendeth} only to want.
The liberal soul shall be made fat;\par\tab And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
And ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but ye only;
But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.\par
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing,\par\tab Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves {\i with him}.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker;\par\tab But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and brought Jehovah's offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the holy garments.
{\b For the Chief Musician; set to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart;\par\tab I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty:
every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught 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.
And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, {\cf6 Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury:
for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, {\i even} all her living.}\par
Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come before him; Worship Jehovah in holy array.
Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name:\par\tab Bring an offering, and come into his courts.
Send thee help from the sanctuary,\par\tab And strengthen thee out of Zion;
Remember all thy offerings,\par\tab And accept thy burnt-sacrifice; {\i Selah
The children of Israel brought a freewill-offering unto Jehovah; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Jehovah had commanded to be made by Moses.
And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted.
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.\par
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering.