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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, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is a debtor!Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
And you shall not walk in the ways of the nation which I cast out before you. For they committed all these things, and therefore I loathed them.But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I, I am giving it to you to possess it, a land that flows with milk and honey. I am Jehovah your God, who has separated you from the nations.And you shall make a difference between clean animals and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean. And you shall not defile your souls by beast, or by fowl, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
You shall not sacrifice to Jehovah your God any bull or sheep in which there is a blemish, any evil thing, for that is an abomination to Jehovah your God.
And He spoke this parable to certain ones who trusted in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others:Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-collector.The Pharisee stood and prayed within himself in this way: God, I thank You that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector.I fast twice on the Sabbath, I give tithes of all that I possess.And standing afar off, the tax-collector would not even lift up his eyes to Heaven, but struck on his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner!I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself shall be abased, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
Each one, as he purposes in his heart, let him give; not of grief, or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, In what have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering!
Therefore if you offer your gift on the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
For all these have cast in to the offerings of God from their abundance, but out of her poverty she has cast in all the living she had.
And Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat of it. And Jehovah had respect to Abel and to his offering,but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.
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 Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. And you say, In what way have we despised Your name?You offer defiled bread upon My altar; and you say, In what way have we defiled You? In your saying, The table of Jehovah, it is a thing to be despised.And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if you offer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? Bring it now to your governor. Will he accept you, or lift up your face, says Jehovah of Hosts?
you shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the cattle, of the sheep, or of the goats.You shall not offer that which has a blemish. For it shall not be acceptable for you.
And in the end of days, it happened, Cain brought to Jehovah an offering of the fruit of the ground.And Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat of it. And Jehovah had respect to Abel and to his offering,but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.
And if there is a blemish in it, lame, or blindness, or any ill blemish, you shall not sacrifice it to Jehovah your God.
You shall not offer that which has a blemish. For it shall not be acceptable for you.And when a man offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Jehovah to carry out his vow, or a free-will offering in cattle or sheep, it shall be without blemish to be accepted. There shall be no blemish in them.Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a running sore, or having scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these to Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Jehovah.
And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if you offer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? Bring it now to your governor. Will he accept you, or lift up your face, says Jehovah of Hosts?
You offer defiled bread upon My altar; and you say, In what way have we defiled You? In your saying, The table of Jehovah, it is a thing to be despised.
And if you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Jehovah, you shall offer it of your own free will.
You also said, Behold, what a weariness it is! And you have puffed at it, says Jehovah of Hosts. And you bring plunder, and the lame, and the sick, and you bring the food offering. Should I accept it from your hand, says Jehovah?But cursed be a deceiver; and there is in his flock a male, yet he vows it, but sacrifices to Jehovah a blemished one. For I am a great king, says Jehovah of Hosts, and My name is feared among the nations.
And Samuel said, Does Jehovah delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice! To listen is better than the fat of rams!
The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful to God; how much more when he brings it with a wicked mind?
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You shall take from the sheep or from the goats.
You shall offer them besides the continual burnt offering and its food offering and their drink offerings. They shall be to you without blemish.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me? says Jehovah; I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of he-goats.When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand, to trample My courts?Bring no more vain sacrifice; incense is an abomination to Me; the new moon and sabbath, the going to meeting; I cannot endure evil and the assembly!
So says the Lord Jehovah: Enough for you, O rulers of Israel. Remove violence and spoil, and do judgment and justice. Take away your demands on My people, says the Lord Jehovah.You shall have a just balance, a just ephah and a just bath.
And looking up, He saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.And He also saw a certain poor widow casting two lepta in there.And He said, Truly I say to you that this poor widow has cast in more than all of them.For all these have cast in to the offerings of God from their abundance, but out of her poverty she has cast in all the living she had.
And Jehovah said, Because this people draw near Me with their mouth, and with their lips honor Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the command of men;
Why does frankincense come to Me from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not pleasing, nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.
"This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.But in vain they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."
But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not delight in your solemn assemblies.Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your food offerings, I will not be pleased. Nor will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.Take the noise of your songs away from Me; for I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
The sacrifice of the wicked is a hateful thing to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
With what shall I come before Jehovah, to bow myself before God the Most High? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you but to do justice and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God?
Take heed that you do not do your merciful deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in Heaven.Therefore when you do your merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.But when you do merciful deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,so that your merciful deeds may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret Himself shall reward you openly.
For You do not desire sacrifice; or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and you have left undone the weightier matters of the Law, judgment, mercy, and faith. You ought to have done these and not to leave the other undone.
Take from among you an offering to Jehovah. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of Jehovah: gold, and silver, and bronze,
And sitting down opposite the treasury, Jesus watched how the people threw copper coins into the treasury. And many rich ones threw in much.And a certain poor widow came, and she threw in two lepta, which is a kodrantes.And He called His disciples and said to them, Truly I say to you that this poor widow has cast in more than all those who have cast into the treasury.For all cast in from their abundance. But she, out of her poverty, has cast in all that she had, all her livelihood.
you also as living stones are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Jehovah; for I have walked in my truthfulness. I have trusted also in Jehovah; I shall not slide.Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; purify my heart and my mind.
And though I give out all my goods to feed the poor, and though I deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, I am profited nothing.
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.
But cursed be a deceiver; and there is in his flock a male, yet he vows it, but sacrifices to Jehovah a blemished one. For I am a great king, says Jehovah of Hosts, and My name is feared among the nations.
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he also will reap.For he sowing to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh. But he sowing to the Spirit will reap life everlasting from the Spirit.
For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some having lusted after, they were seduced from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary to one another; lest whatever you may will, these things you do.
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they do not know that they are doing evil.Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to say a word before God. For God is in Heaven, and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.
Who shall go up into the hill of Jehovah? Or who shall stand in His holy place?He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, and has not sworn deceitfully.
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, In what have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering!You are cursed with a curse; for you are robbing Me, the nation, all of it.Bring all the tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. And test Me now with this, says Jehovah of Hosts, to see if I will not open the windows of Heaven for you, and pour out a blessing for you, until there is not enough room.
or he who exhorts, in the encouragement; or he who shares, in simplicity; or he who takes the lead, in diligence; or he who shows mercy, in cheerfulness.
For if the eagerness is present, it is acceptable according to what one has, and not according to what one does not have.For it is not that others may have ease, but you trouble;but by equality in the present time; your abundance for their need, that their abundance also may be for your need; so that there may be equality;as it is written, "He gathering much, he had nothing left over; and he gathering little did not have less."
And a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession.And he kept back part of the price, his wife also knowing, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles' feet.But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart for you to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own authority? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.
Not everyone who says to Me, Lord! Lord! shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven.
And He said to them, Watch and keep yourselves from covetousness. For a man's life is not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts. And by it he, being dead, yet speaks.
On the first of the sabbaths let each of you put by himself, storing up what ever he is prospered, so that there may be no collections when I come.
For as many as are out of works of the Law, these are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them."
Bow my heart to Your testimonies, and not to unjust gain.Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity; in Your way give me life.
Jesus said to him, If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come, follow Me.
Charge the rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things to enjoy,that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to share, to be generous,laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.