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66 Bible Verses about Offering That Pleases God
You know, God sees right into our hearts. He knows when we're giving our best. He's not looking for perfection, but He loves it when we give cheerfully and not grudgingly. Think about it: when you give a gift with a happy heart, it just feels different, right?
Your offering should come from a willing heart, given justly, according to what you have. As the Bible says, "Each one must give as he has decided in his heart" (2 Corinthians 9:7). It's not about how much, but about the heart behind it.
The Bible teaches us that God wants us to give joyfully and generously, just like He does. He gives abundantly, "without finding fault" (James 1:5). Think about the sunshine and the rain – He gives those to everyone, right? Just like in Matthew 5:45, He sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. That's true generosity.
So, when you give to God, think of it as a thank you for all He's given you. And don't forget about giving to others, too, following God's example. It's a way of acknowledging that everything we have ultimately belongs to Him.
When you give, trust in God's faithfulness and His promise to provide for all your needs. He's got you covered. More than the actual gift, He cares about the attitude behind it. He wants your offering to be obedient and freely given, according to His commandments, and accompanied by a merciful heart, full of the desire to glorify Him. God makes it clear that He's not pleased with offerings that are just going through the motions, you know, those traditional or ritualistic ones that lack a truly obedient and merciful heart, lacking the desire to glorify Him.
while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness;
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius. Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he can return to me, for I am expecting him along with the brothers.Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.Do everything in love.You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you.For they refreshed my spirit and yours as well. Show your appreciation, therefore, to such men.The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house. On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the Lord of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
When you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, you shall offer it for your acceptance.
You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.
I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will 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 men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done 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 when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the Lord,while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
Take from among you an offering to the Lord. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the Lord: gold, silver, and bronze;
When you sacrifice a thank offering to the Lord, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.
Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you.
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses.So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.So also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.And early in the morning all the people would come to hear Him at the temple.For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
The Lord is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
How can I repay the Lord for all His goodness to me?I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all His people.
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks forever.
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him from them all.
If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.