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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 shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did 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 flowing with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from the peoples.Ye shall therefore separate between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any thing wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have separated from you as unclean.
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, or any evil-favouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
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.
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.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain 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 the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, 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 the LORD is contemptible.And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am the LORD.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 Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
And if it have any blemish, as if it be lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
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 the LORD to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, 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 the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted.
Ye say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing: for I am a great king, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an 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 from the sheep, or from the goats:
Beside the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering thereof, ye shall offer them (they shall be unto you without blemish), and their drink offerings.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: 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 trample my courts?Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,--I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.
And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:and there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.It shall turn unto you for a testimony.Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to answer:for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or to gainsay.But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.And not a hair of your head shall perish.In your patience ye shall win your souls.And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.Then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains; and let them that are in the midst of her depart out; and let not them that are in the country enter therein.For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.And he spake to them a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees:And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than they all:when they now shoot forth, ye see it and know of your own selves that the summer is now nigh.Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh.Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all things be accomplished.Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:for so shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.And every day he was teaching in the temple; and every night he went out, and lodged in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.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.
And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them:
To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.
This people honoureth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.Yea, though ye offer me your burnt offerings and meal 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 the LORD: But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?will the LORD 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 the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father which is in heaven.Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust doth consume, and where thieves break through and steal:When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet 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 received their reward.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.The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!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.Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto his stature?And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall recompense thee.
For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering.The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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, judgement, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, the LORD'S offering; gold, and silver, and brass;
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, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they which 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, even all her living.
ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.In whose hands is mischief, And their right hand is full of bribes.But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.My foot standeth in an even place: In the congregations will I bless the LORD.Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my reins and my heart.
And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing: for I am a great king, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this also is vanity.When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, saving the beholding of them with his eyes?The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.There is a grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboureth for the wind?All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed and hath sickness and wrath.Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour, wherein he laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.Be not rash with thy month, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? And 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, And hath not sworn deceitfully.
or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.For I say not this, that others may be eased, and ye distressed:but by equality; your abundance being a supply at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become a supply for your want; that there may be equality:as it is written, He that gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack.
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,And she fell down immediately at his feet, and gave up the ghost: and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things.And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.But of the rest durst no man join himself to them: howbeit the people magnified them;and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one of them.And there also came together the multitude from the cities round about Jerusalem, bringing sick folk, and them that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward.But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said,and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.Go ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison-house to have them brought.But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,saying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,saying, We straitly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree.Him did God exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were minded to slay them.But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honour of all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while.And he said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as touching these men, what ye are about to do.For before these days rose up Theudas, giving himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nought.After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some of the people after him: he also perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown:but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.Whiles it remained, did it not remain thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thy power? How is it that thou hast conceived this thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
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 keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.
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.
For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one which continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be 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 the life which is life indeed.