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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 is a debtor.Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?
And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for all these things have they done, and they became an abomination to me.And I have said unto you, Ye shall possess their land, and I will give it unto you for a possession; a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God who have separated you from the peoples.And ye shall make a separation between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean, and ye shall not make yourselves an abomination by beast, or by fowl, or by anything that creepeth on the ground which I have separated for you, declaring it as unclean.
Thou shalt not sacrifice to Jehovah thy God an ox or sheep wherein is a defect, or anything bad; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God
each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
Will a man rob God But ye rob me. And ye say, Wherein do we rob thee? In tithes and heave-offerings.
If therefore thou shouldest offer thy gift at the altar, and there shouldest remember that thy brother has something against thee,leave there thy gift before the altar, and first go, be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
for all these out of their abundance have cast into the gifts of God; but she out of her need has cast in all the living which she had.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat. And Jehovah looked upon Abel, and on his offering;and upon Cain, and on his offering, he did not look. And Cain was very angry, 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 Jehovah of hosts unto you, priests, that despise my name. But 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 Jehovah is contemptible.And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Present it now unto thy governor: will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.
it shall be for your acceptance, without blemish, a male of the oxen, of the sheep, and of the goats.Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in the things that they hallow unto me: I am Jehovah.Nothing that hath a defect shall ye present; 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 to Jehovah.And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat. And Jehovah looked upon Abel, and on his offering;and upon Cain, and on his offering, he did not look. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
But if there be a defect therein, if it be lame, or blind, or have any evil defect, thou shalt not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God
Nothing that hath a defect shall ye present; for it shall not be acceptable for you.And if any present a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah to accomplish a vow, or a voluntary offering of oxen or small cattle, it shall be without blemish to be accepted: there shall be no defect therein.Blind, or broken, or maimed, or ulcerous, or with itch, or scabbed — ye shall not present these to Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Jehovah.
And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Present it now unto thy governor: will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.
And if ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it for your acceptance.
And ye say, Behold, what a weariness! And ye have puffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and ye bring that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the oblation: should I accept this of your hand? saith Jehovah.Yea, cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the nations.
And Samuel said, Has Jehovah delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, As in hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, Attention than the fat of rams.
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose!
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a yearling male; ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats.
Ye shall offer them besides the continual burnt-offering, and its oblation (without blemish shall they be unto you), and their drink-offerings.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand — to tread my courts?Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me, — new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations — wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.
And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury;Then he said to them, Nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;there shall be both great earthquakes in different places, and famines and pestilences; and there shall be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.But before all these things they shall lay their hands upon you and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors on account of my name;but it shall turn out to you for a testimony.Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand your defence,for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist.But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death some from among you,and ye will be hated of all for my name's sake.And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.By your patient endurance gain your souls.but he saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two mites.But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that its desolation is drawn nigh.Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of it depart out, and those who are in the country not enter into it;for these are days of avenging, that all the things that are written may be accomplished.But woe to them that are with child and to them who give suck in those days, for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the nations until the times of the nations be fulfilled.And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and rolling waves,men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is coming on the habitable earth, 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 draws nigh.And he spoke a parable to them: Behold the fig-tree and all the trees;And he said, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow has cast in more than all;when they already sprout, ye know of your own selves, on looking at them, that already the summer is near.So also ye, when ye see these things take place, know that the kingdom of God is near.Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall in no wise pass away until all come to pass.The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;for as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole earth.Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.And by day he was teaching in the temple, and by night, going out, he remained abroad on the mountain 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 out of their abundance have cast into the gifts of God; but she out of her need has cast in all the living which she had.
And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men;
To what purpose should there come to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing unto me.
This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;but in vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings commandments of men.
But of doing good and communicating of your substance be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell a sweet odour in your solemn assemblies.For if ye offer up unto me burnt-offerings and your oblations, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatted beasts.Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, bow myself before the high God Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?Will Jehovah take pleasure in thousands of rams, in 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 shewn thee, O man, what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with thy God
Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth;give us to-day our needed bread,and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors,and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father also will forgive you yours,but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.But thou, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render it to thee.Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig 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, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;for where thy treasure is, there will be also thy heart.The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are ye not much more excellent than they?But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.But thou, when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does;But if God so clothe the herbage of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much rather you, O ye of little faith?Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil.so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render it to thee.
For thou desirest not 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 to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.
Take from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah: every one whose heart is willing, let him bring it, Jehovah's heave-offering — gold, and silver, and copper,
And Jesus, having sat down opposite the treasury, saw how the crowd was casting money into the treasury; and many rich cast in much.And a poor widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.And having called his disciples to him he said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:for all have cast in of that which they had in abundance, but she of her destitution has cast in all that she had, the whole of her living.
yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:
And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your intelligent service.
Yea, cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the nations.
Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man shall sow, that also shall he reap.For he that sows to his own flesh, shall reap corruption from the flesh; but he that sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit shall reap eternal life:
For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God and draw near to hear, rather 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 profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding of them with his eyes?The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep.There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go away again as he came, and shall take nothing of 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 doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.Behold what I have seen good and comely: it is to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith man laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of GodBe not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God for God is in the heavens, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.
Who shall ascend into the mount of Jehovah? and who shall stand in his holy place?He that hath blameless hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully:
or he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, in simplicity; he that leads, with diligence; he that shews mercy, with cheerfulness.
For if the readiness be there, a man is accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he has not.For it is not in order that there may be ease for others, and for you distress,but on the principle of equality; in the present time your abundance for their lack, that their abundance may be for your lack, so that there should be equality.According as it is written, He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little was nothing short.
But a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,And she fell down immediately at his feet and expired. And when the young men came in they found her dead; and, having carried her out, they buried her by her husband.And great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders done among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch,but of the rest durst no man join them, but the people magnified them;and believers were more than ever added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;)so that they brought out the sick into the streets and put them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter, when he came, might overshadow some one of them.And the multitude also of the cities round about came together to Jerusalem, bringing sick persons and persons beset by unclean spirits, who were all healed.And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,and laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.But an angel of the Lord during the night opened the doors of the prison, and leading them out, said,and put aside for himself part of the price, his wife also being privy to it; and having brought a certain part, laid it at the feet of the apostles.Go ye and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.And when they heard it, they entered very early into the temple and taught. And when the high priest was come, and they that were with him, they called together the council and all the elderhood of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.And when the officers were come, they did not find them in the prison; and returned and reportedsaying, We found the prison shut with all security, and the keepers standing at the doors; but when we had opened them, within we found no one.And when they heard these words, both the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests were in perplexity as to them, what this would come to.And some one coming reported to them, Lo, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.Then the captain, having gone with the officers, brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.And they bring them and set them in the council. And the high priest asked them,saying, We strictly enjoined you not to teach in this name: and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and purpose to bring upon us the blood of this man.But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldest lie to the Holy Spirit, and put aside for thyself a part of the price of the estate?The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom ye have slain, having hanged on a cross.Him has God exalted by his right hand as leader and saviour, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.And we are his witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, which God has given to those that obey him.But they, when they heard these things, were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them.But a certain man, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honour of all the people, rose up in the council, and commanded to put the men out for a short while,and said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as regards these men what ye are going to do;for before these days Theudas rose up, alleging himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, were joined; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing.After him rose Judas the Galilean in the days of the census, and drew away a number of people after him; and he perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone, for if this counsel or this work have its origin from men, it will be destroyed;but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God.While it remained did it not remain to thee? and sold, was it not in thine own power? Why is it that thou hast purposed this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God.
Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father who is in the heavens.
Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained testimony of being righteous, God bearing testimony to his gifts, and by it, having died, he yet speaks.
On the first of the week let each of you put by at home, laying up in whatever degree he may have prospered, that there may be no collections when I come.
For as many as are on the principle of works of law are under curse. For it is written, Cursed is every one who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them;
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
Jesus said to him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance,laying by for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of what is really life.