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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 you say, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the offering on it, he is obligated.’O blind ones! Which is greater, the offering or the altar that makes the offering holy?
You are not to walk in the ways of the nation which I am casting out before you, for they did all these things and therefore I abhorred them.But I have said to you, ‘You will inherit their land and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am Adonai your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.“Also you are to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean. And you are not to make your souls detestable by an animal or by a bird, or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have set apart as unclean for you.
“You are not to sacrifice to Adonai your God a bull or a sheep that has a defect or anything bad—for that would be an abomination to Adonai your God.
Let each one give as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion—for God loves a cheerful giver.
“Will a man rob God? For you are robbing Me!” But you say: “How have we robbed You?” “In the tithe and the offering.
“Therefore if you are presenting your offering upon the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,leave your offering there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.
For all these put in their gifts from their surplus. But she, out of her poverty, put in all she had to live on.”
while Abel—he also brought of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. Now Adonai looked favorably upon Abel and his offering,but upon Cain and his offering He did not look favorably. Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. So if I am Father, where is My honor? If I am Master, where is My reverence?”—says Adonai-Tzva’ot—“you, kohanim who despise My Name!” But you say, “How did we despise Your Name?”“By offering defiled bread on My altar.” But you say, “How did we defile You?” When you say, “The table of Adonai is despicable.”“When you bring a blind one as sacrifice, is it not wrong? Or when you bring a lame or sick one, is it not wrong? Offer them now to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Or will he acknowledge you favorably?” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
for you to be accepted—you are to offer a male without blemish, from the bulls, the sheep or the goats.“Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of Bnei-Yisrael, which they consecrate to Me, so that they would not profane My holy Name. I am Adonai.But whatever has a blemish you are not to present, for it will not be acceptable on your behalf.
So it happened after some time that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to Adonai,while Abel—he also brought of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. Now Adonai looked favorably upon Abel and his offering,but upon Cain and his offering He did not look favorably. Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
But if it has any blemish—if it is lame or blind or has any serious blemish—you are not to sacrifice it to Adonai your God.
But whatever has a blemish you are not to present, for it will not be acceptable on your behalf.Whoever brings a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to Adonai to fulfill a vow or for a freewill offering, either from the herd or the flock, it must be unblemished to be accepted—there must be no defect on it.The blind, injured, maimed, having an abnormal growth or festering or a running sore are not to be offered to Adonai, or given as an offering by fire on the altar to Adonai.
“When you bring a blind one as sacrifice, is it not wrong? Or when you bring a lame or sick one, is it not wrong? Offer them now to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Or will he acknowledge you favorably?” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
“By offering defiled bread on My altar.” But you say, “How did we defile You?” When you say, “The table of Adonai is despicable.”
“When you bring a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to Adonai, you are to offer it so that you may be accepted.
You also say, “It’s so tedious!” “And you sniff at it,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. “So you bring plunder, the lame and the sick. Then you bring them as the offering. Should I accept this from your hand?” says Adonai.“Moreover, cursed is a deceiver who has in his flock a male, but makes a vow and sacrifices something blemished to my Lord. For I am a great King,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “and My Name shall be revered among the nations.”
Samuel said: “Does Adonai delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Adonai? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay heed than the fat of rams.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more when he brings it with evil intent?
Your lamb is to be without blemish, a year old male. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.
In addition, you are to prepare the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. They are to be without defect.
“For what is it to Me— the multitude of your sacrifices?” says Adonai. “I am full of burnt offerings of rams and fat of fed animals. I have no delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs or he-goats.When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand— trampling My courts?Bring no more worthless offerings! Incense is an abomination to Me. New Moon and Shabbat, the calling of convocations —I cannot endure it— iniquity with solemn assembly.
Then Yeshua looked up and saw the rich dropping their gifts into the treasury box.Then He continued telling them, “Nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.There will be great earthquakes along with famines and epidemics in various places, and there will be terrors along with great signs from heaven.But before all these things, they will grab you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons, and leading you away to kings and governors on account of My name.This will lead you to be a witness.So make up your minds not to prepare ahead of time to defend yourselves—for I Myself will give you speech and wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.But you will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends—and they will put some of you to death.And you will be hated by all because of My name.Yet not a hair of your head will be lost.By your endurance, you will gain your souls.He also saw a poor widow dropping in two small copper coins.“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near.Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside the city must get out, and those in the countryside must not enter her.For these are the days of punishment, to fulfill all that has been written.“Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath on this people.They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.“There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars. And upon the earth nations will be confused by the roaring of the sea and its waves.People will lose heart from fear and anticipation of what is overtaking the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.Now when these things begin to happen, stand straight and lift up your heads, because your salvation is near!”Then Yeshua told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all the rest.As soon as they sprout their leaves, you see it and you know at once that summer is near.So also, when you see these all these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.Amen, I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.“But watch out so your hearts are not weighed down by carousing, strong drink, and the worries of life. Do not let that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.For it will come rushing upon all who live on the face of the whole earth.But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”So during the days Yeshua was teaching in the Temple, but in the nights He went out and stayed on the Mount of Olives.And all the people would come early in the morning to hear Him in the Temple.For all these put in their gifts from their surplus. But she, out of her poverty, put in all she had to live on.”
So Adonai says, “Since these people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, yet their hearts are far from Me, and their fear of Me is a mitzvah taught by men.
Of what use to Me is frankincense coming from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to Me.”
‘This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
“I hate, I despise your festivals! I take no delight in your sacred assemblies.Even if you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I look at peace offerings of your fattened animals.Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Adonai, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
With what shall I come before Adonai? With what shall I bow myself before God on high? Shall I present Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?Will Adonai be pleased with thousands of rams, with hordes of rivers of oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my belly for the sin of my soul?He has told you, humanity, what is good, and what Adonai is seeking from you: Only to practice justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before others to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’“For if you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.“And whenever you fast, do not become sad-faced like the hypocrites, for they neglect their faces to make their fasting evident to men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,so that your fasting won’t be evident to men, but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.So whenever you do tzadakah, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in or steal.For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.“The eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore if your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.But if your eye is bad, your body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick by one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and money.”“So I say to you, do not worry about your life—what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?“Look at the birds of the air. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet your Father in heaven feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin.Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.But when you do tzadakah, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,Now if in this way God clothes the grass—which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow—will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’For the pagans eagerly pursue all these things; yet your Father in heaven knows that you need all these.But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”so that your tzadakah may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you.
Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God— God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing for joy of Your righteousness.O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint and dill and cumin, yet you have neglected the weightier matters of Torah—justice and mercy and faithfulness. It is necessary to do these things without neglecting the others.
Take from among you an offering for Adonai. Whoever has a willing heart, let him bring Adonai’s offering: gold, silver and bronze;
He sat down opposite the treasury and began watching how the people were putting money into the offering box. Many rich people were putting in a lot.Then a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.Calling His disciples over, He said to them, “Amen, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those contributing to the box!For they all put in from their surplus; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had, her whole living.”
you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house—a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Messiah Yeshua.
Of David. Vindicate me, Adonai, for I have walked in my integrity, and trusted in Adonai without wavering.in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hand is full of bribes.But I—I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me.My feet stand on level ground. In congregations I will bless Adonai.Probe me, Adonai, and test me, refine my mind and my heart.
If I give away all that I own and if I hand over my body so I might boast but have not love, I gain nothing.
I urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice—holy, acceptable to God—which is your spiritual service.
“Moreover, cursed is a deceiver who has in his flock a male, but makes a vow and sacrifices something blemished to my Lord. For I am a great King,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “and My Name shall be revered among the nations.”
Do not be deceived—God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he also shall reap.For the one who sows in the flesh will reap corruption from the flesh. But the one who sows in the Ruach will reap from the Ruach eternal life.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives so you may spend it on your passions.
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil—some, longing for it, have gone astray from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
For the flesh sets its desire against the Ruach, but the Ruach sets its desire against the flesh—for these are in opposition to one another, so that you cannot do what you want.
Do not be quick with your mouth nor hasty in your heart to utter a word in God’s presence. For God is in heaven, and you are on the earth— therefore, let your words be few.When goods increase, so do those who consume them. So what advantage are they to the owner except he sees it with his eyes?The sleep of the laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much— but the excess of the rich permits him no sleep.There is a grievous wrong that I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded by its owner to his own hurt,or wealth lost in a bad investment, and when he fathers a son, there is nothing in his hand.As he came from his mother’s womb, naked he will return as he came. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand.This too is a grievous wrong. Just as he came, so will he go, so what does he gain, from his toiling for the wind?So, all his days he eats in darkness, and he has much grief, sickness, and humiliation.Behold, this is what I myself have seen. It is beneficial and good for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy all of his toil that he labors under the sun during the few days of his life that God has given him—for this is his reward.Additionally, everyone to whom God has given riches and wealth, and empowers him to eat from it, to receive his share, and to rejoice in his labor—this is a gift of God.For he will not often consider the days of his life, since God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.As a dream comes with excessive burdens so a fool’s voice with too many words.
Who may go up on the mountain of Adonai? `Who may stand in His holy place?One with clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully.
or the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who gives, in generosity; the one who leads, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
For if the eagerness is present, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he doesn’t have.For it is not relief for others and hardship for you, but as a matter of equality.Your abundance at this present time meets their need, so that their abundance may also meet your need—so that there may be equality.As it is written, “He who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little.”
On the other hand, a man named Ananias together with his wife, Sapphira, sold a property.Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came back in, they found her dead and carried her out and buried her beside her husband.And great fear came over the whole community and all who heard these things.Meanwhile, through the hands of the emissaries many signs and wonders were happening among the people. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico.But no one else dared to join them, though the people continued to think highly of them.Yet more than ever those trusting in the Lord were added—large numbers of men and women.They even carried the sick into the streets and laid them on stretchers and cots, so that when Peter passed by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.Crowds were also gathering from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing those who were sick or tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.But the kohen gadol rose up, and all those with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.They grabbed the emissaries and put them in a public jail.But during the night an angel of Adonai opened the prison doors, and leading them out he said,He kept back some of the proceeds, with his wife’s full knowledge, and brought part of it and set it at the feet of the emissaries.“Go, stand in the Temple and speak to the people the whole message about this Life.”Now when they heard that, they entered the Temple at daybreak and began teaching. When the kohen gadol and those with him arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin, even the council of elders of Bnei-Yisrael, and sent to the prison to have the prisoners brought in.But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison. So they returned and reported,saying, “We found the prison locked with maximum security and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened up, we found no one inside.”When the captain of the Temple and the ruling kohanim heard these words, they were perplexed about them, wondering where this would lead.But someone came and reported to them, “The men you put in prison are standing in the Temple and teaching the people!”Then the captain went off with the officers and brought the emissaries—but not with force, because they feared they might be stoned by the people.When they had brought them, they placed them before the Sanhedrin. The kohen gadol questioned them,saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name—and look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring on us the blood of this Man!”Peter and the emissaries replied, “We must obey God rather than men.But Peter said, “Ananias, why has satan filled your heart to lie to the Ruach ha-Kodesh and keep back part of the proceeds of the land?The God of our fathers raised up Yeshua, whom you seized and had crucified.This One God exalted at His right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and removal of sins.And we are witnesses of these events—as is the Ruach ha-Kodesh, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”Now when they heard this, they became enraged and wanted to kill them.But a certain Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Torah respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.Then he said to them, “Men of Israel, be careful what you are about to do with these men.For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody; and a number of men, maybe four hundred, joined up with him. He was killed, and all who followed him were scattered and came to nothing.After this fellow, Judah the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and got people to follow him. He also perished, and all who followed him were scattered.So now I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or undertaking is of men, it will come to an end;but if it is of God, you will not be able to stop them. You might even be found fighting against God.” They took his advice,While it remained unsold, it was your own, wasn’t it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? How did this deed get into your heart? You haven’t lied to men but to God.”
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Then He said to them, “Watch out! Be on guard against all kinds of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the material goods he possesses.”
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain. Through faith he was commended as righteous when God approved of his gifts. And through faith he still speaks, although he is dead.
On the first day of the week, let each of you set something aside, saving up whatever is gained, so no collections take place when I come.
For all who rely on the deeds of Torah are under a curse—for the Scriptures say, “Cursed is everyone who does not keep doing everything written in the scroll of the Torah.”
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to dishonest gain.Turn my eyes away from gazing at vanity but revive me in Your ways.
Yeshua said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you own, and give to the poor; and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Direct those who are rich in this present age not to be proud or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God—who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.Direct them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous, sharing,storing up for themselves a good foundation for the future, so they might take hold of the true life.