Category
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.
Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts.
Give glory to the Lord, to his name. Lift up sacrifice, and approach before his sight. And adore the Lord in holy attire.
And Jesus, sitting opposite the offertory box, considered the way in which the crowd cast coins into the offertory, and that many of the wealthy cast in a great deal.But when one poor widow had arrived, she put in two small coins, which is a quarter.And calling together his disciples, he said to them: "Amen I say to you, that this poor widow has put in more than all those who contributed to the offertory.For they all gave from their abundance, yet truly, she gave from her scarcity, even all that she had, her entire living."
Therefore, if you offer your gift at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,leave your gift there, before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to your brother, and then you may approach and offer your gift.
He covets and desires all day long. But whoever is just shall distribute and shall not cease.
Therefore, when you give alms, do not choose to sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the towns, so that they may be honored by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
Do not prevent him who is able from doing good. When you are able, do good yourself too.
each one giving, just as he has determined in his heart, neither out of sadness, nor out of obligation. For God loves a cheerful giver.
Give, and it will be given to you: a good measure, pressed down and shaken together and overflowing, they will place upon your lap. Certainly, the same measure that you use to measure out, will be used to measure back to you again."
Unto the end. A Psalm of David.You will make them like an oven of fire, in the time of your presence. The Lord will stir them up with his wrath, and fire will devour them.You will destroy their fruit from the earth and their offspring from the sons of men.For they have turned evils upon you; they have devised plans, which they have not been able to accomplish.For you will make them turn their back; with your remnants, you will prepare their countenance.Be exalted, Lord, by your own power. We will play music and sing psalms to your virtues.In your virtue, Lord, the king will rejoice, and over your salvation, he will exult exceedingly.You have granted him the desire of his heart, and you have not cheated him of the wish of his lips.
Do not choose to store up for yourselves treasures on earth: where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal.Therefore, when you give alms, do not choose to sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the towns, so that they may be honored by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.Instead, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither rust nor moth consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.For where your treasure is, there also is your heart.
The soul that blesses shall be made fat. And whoever inebriates will likewise be inebriated himself.
Jesus said to him: "If you are willing to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me."
And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor, and if I hand over my body to be burned, yet not have charity, it offers me nothing.
And he will sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he will purge the sons of Levi, and he will gather them like gold and like silver, and they will offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.
For those of Macedonia and Achaia have decided to make a collection for those of the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
And God is able to make every grace abound in you, so that, always having what you need in all things, you may abound unto every good work,
And he who ministers seed to the sower will offer you bread to eat, and will multiply your seed, and will increase the growth of the fruits of your justice.
But I say this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows with blessings shall also reap from blessings:
Now concerning the collections which are made for the saints: just as I have arranged for the churches of Galatia, so should it also be done with you.Now if Timothy arrives, see to it that he may be among you without fear. For he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I also do.Therefore, let no one despise him. Instead, lead him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me. For I am awaiting him with the brothers.But concerning our brother, Apollo, I am letting you know that I pleaded with him greatly to go to you with the brothers, and clearly it was not his will to go at this time. But he will arrive when there is a space of time for him.Be vigilant. Stand with faith. Act manfully and be strengthened.Let all that is yours be immersed in charity.And I beg you, brothers: You know the house of Stephanus, and of Fortunatus, and of Achaicus, that they are the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have dedicated themselves to the ministry of the saints.So you should be subject also to persons such as this, as well as to all who are cooperating and working with them.Now I rejoice in the presence of Stephanus and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because what was lacking in you, they have supplied.For they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore, recognize persons such as this.The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you greatly in the Lord, with the church of their household, where I also am a guest.On the first day of the week, the Sabbath, let each one of you take from himself, setting aside what will be well-pleasing to him, so that when I arrive, the collections will not have to be made then.
Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And test me about this, says the Lord, as to whether I will not open to you the floodgates of heaven, and pour out to you a blessing, all the way to abundance.
But do not be willing to forget good works and fellowship. For God is deserving of such sacrifices.
Some distribute their own goods, and they become wealthier. Others seize what is not their own, and they are always in need.
So then, having been enriched in all things, you may abound in all simplicity, which works thanksgiving to God through us.
But distribute to all who ask of you. And do not ask again of him who takes away what is yours.
Zion heard, and was glad. And the daughters of Judah exulted because of your judgments, O Lord.
But I have everything in abundance. I have been filled up, having received from Epaphroditus the things that you sent; this is an odor of sweetness, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
"Pay attention, lest you perform your justice before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you shall not have a reward with your Father, who is in heaven.May your kingdom come. May your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.Give us this day our life-sustaining bread.And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.And lead us not into temptation. But free us from evil. Amen.For if you will forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father also will forgive you your offenses.But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your sins.And when you fast, do not choose to become gloomy, like the hypocrites. For they alter their faces, so that their fasting may be apparent to men. Amen I say to you, that they have received their reward.But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,so that your fasting will not be apparent to men, but to your Father, who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.Do not choose to store up for yourselves treasures on earth: where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal.Therefore, when you give alms, do not choose to sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the towns, so that they may be honored by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.Instead, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither rust nor moth consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.For where your treasure is, there also is your heart.The lamp of your body is your eye. If your eye is wholesome, your entire body will be filled with light.But if your eye has been corrupted, your entire body will be darkened. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great will that darkness be!No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.And so I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, as to what you will eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?Consider the birds of the air, how they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much greater value than they are?And which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?And as for clothing, why are you anxious? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither work nor weave.But I say to you, that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed like one of these.But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,So if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and cast into the oven tomorrow, how much more will he care for you, O little in faith?Therefore, do not choose to be anxious, saying: 'What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and with what shall we be clothed?'For the Gentiles seek all these things. Yet your Father knows that you need all these things.Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow; for the future day will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its evil."so that your almsgiving may be in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth.Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts.Yet in truth, he did not look with favor on Cain and his gifts. And Cain was vehemently angry, and his countenance fell.
Separate from among you the first-fruits to the Lord. Let all who are willing and have a ready soul offer these to the Lord: gold, and silver, and brass,
If you immolate a victim as an act of thanksgiving to the Lord, so that he may be pleased,
But each one shall offer according to what he will have, according to the blessing of the Lord his God, which he will give to him.
Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to promise all these things to you? All is yours. And so the things that we received from your hand, we have given to you.
And looking around, he saw the wealthy putting their donations into the offertory.Then he said to them: "People will rise up against people, and kingdom against kingdom.And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and pestilences, and famines, and terrors from heaven; and there will be great signs.But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and into custody, dragging you before kings and governors, because of my name.And this will be an opportunity for you to give testimony.Therefore, set this in your hearts: that you should not consider in advance how you might respond.For I will give to you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to resist or contradict.And you will be handed over by your parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends. And they will bring about the death of some of you.And you will be hated by all because of my name.And yet, not a hair of your head will perish.By your patience, you shall possess your souls.Then he also saw a certain widow, a pauper, putting in two small brass coins.Then, when you will have seen Jerusalem encircled by an army, know then that its desolation has drawn near.Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and those who are in its midst withdraw, and those who are in the countryside not enter into it.For these are the days of retribution, so that all things may be fulfilled, which have been written.Then woe to those who are pregnant or nursing in those days. For there will be great distress upon the land and great wrath upon this people.And they will fall by the edge of the sword. And they will be led away as captives into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles, until the times of the nations are fulfilled.And there will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars. And there will be, on earth, distress among the Gentiles, out of confusion at the roaring of the sea and of the waves:men withering away out of fear and out of apprehension over the things that will overwhelm the whole world. For the powers of the heavens will be moved.And then they will see the Son of man coming on a cloud, with great power and majesty.But when these things begin to happen, lift up your heads and look around you, because your redemption draws near."And he told them a comparison: "Take notice of the fig tree and of all the trees.And he said: "Truly, I say to you, that this poor widow has put in more than all the others.When presently they produce fruit from themselves, you know that summer is near.So you also, when you will have seen these things happen, know that the kingdom of God is near.Amen I say to you, this lineage shall not pass away, until all these things happen.Heaven and earth shall pass away. But my words shall not pass away.But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly.For like a snare it will overwhelm all those who sit upon the face of the entire earth.And so, be vigilant, praying at all times, so that you may be held worthy to escape from all these things, which are in the future, and to stand before the Son of man."Now in the daytime, he was teaching in the temple. But truly, departing in the evening, he lodged on the mount that is called Olivet.And all the people arrived in the morning to listen to him in the temple.For all these, out of their abundance, have added to the gifts for God. But she, out of what she needed, has put in all that she had to live on."
And so, I beg you, brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, with the subservience of your mind.
"Speak to the sons of Israel, so that they may take the first-fruits to me. You shall accept these from every man who offers of his own accord.
be also yourselves like living stones, built upon him, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, so as to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
And when this had reached the ears of the multitude, the sons of Israel brought an abundance of first-fruits of grain, wine, and oil, and also honey. And they offered a tenth part of all that the soil brings forth.
Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.
On the first day of the week, the Sabbath, let each one of you take from himself, setting aside what will be well-pleasing to him, so that when I arrive, the collections will not have to be made then.
For when the will is prompted, it receives according to what that person has, not according to what that person does not have.
Therefore, if you, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your sons, how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to those who ask him?
Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.For you know that you will receive from the Lord the repayment of an inheritance. Serve Christ the Lord.
Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed.For whatever a man will have sown, that also shall he reap. For whoever sows in his flesh, from the flesh he shall also reap corruption. But whoever sows in the Spirit, from the Spirit he shall reap eternal life.And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.
The perverse heart did not adhere to me. And the malignant, who turned away before me, I would not recognize.
Is not this, instead, the kind of fast that I have chosen? Release the constraints of impiety; relieve the burdens that oppress; freely forgive those who are broken; and break apart every burden.Break your bread with the hungry, and lead the destitute and the homeless into your house. When you see someone naked, cover him, and do not despise your own flesh.
By faith, Abel offered to God a much better sacrifice than that of Cain, through which he obtained testimony that he was just, in that God offered testimony to his gifts. And through that sacrifice, he still speaks to us, though he is dead.
But next I will set out for Jerusalem, to minister to the saints.For those of Macedonia and Achaia have decided to make a collection for those of the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
and to do good, to become rich in good works, to donate readily, to share,to gather for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may obtain true life.
Whoever possesses the goods of this world, and sees his brother to be in need, and yet closes his heart to him: in what way does the love of God abide in him?My little sons, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth.
I have become a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more so to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. Those who catch sight of me, flee away from me.
Therefore, through him, let us offer the sacrifice of continual praise to God, which is the fruit of lips confessing his name.
I will confess to you in a great Church. I will praise you among a weighty people.May those who are my unjust adversaries not be glad over me: those who have hated me without cause, and who nod agreement with their eyes.
If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly things?
pasture the flock of God that is among you, providing for it, not as a requirement, but willingly, in accord with God, and not for the sake of tainted profit, but freely,not so as to dominate by means of the clerical state, but so as to be formed into a flock from the heart.
Whoever slanders the indigent argues against his Maker. But he who has compassion on the poor honors his Maker.
Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.
Give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for all of you.