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.

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Ascribe to יהוה  the esteem of His Name; Bring an offering, and come before Him; Bow yourself to יהוה  In the splendour of set-apartness!

And sitting opposite the treasury He saw how the people put copper into the treasury. And many rich ones put in much.And a poor widow came and threw in two small copper coins, which amount to a cent.And calling near His taught ones He said to them, “Truly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those putting into the treasury,for they all put in out of their excess, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her entire livelihood.”

“If, then, you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother holds whatever against you,leave your gift there before the altar, and go, first make peace with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

He covets greedily all day long, But the righteous gives and does not withhold.

“Thus, when you do a kind deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do, in the congregations and in the streets, to be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, When it is in the power of your hand to do so.

Let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not of grief or of necessity, for Elohim loves a joyous giver.

“Give, and it shall be given to you. A good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over shall be put into your lap. For with the same measure with which you measure, it shall be measured back to you.”

Esteem יהוה  with your goods, And with the first-fruits of all your increase;

יהוה  does answer you in the day of distress! The Name of the Elohim of YaʽHe does send you help from the set-apart place, And does uphold you from Tsiyon!He does remember all your offerings, And does accept your burnt offering! Selah.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.“For where your treasure is, there your heart shall be also.

The generous being is enriched, And he who waters is also watered himself.

יהושע  said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. And come, follow Me.”

And if I give out all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but do not have love, I am not profited at all.

“And He shall sit as a refiner and a cleanser of silver. And He shall cleanse the sons of Lĕ

For it pleased those from Makedonia and Achaia to make some contribution for the poor among the set-apart ones who are in Yerushalayim.

And Elohim is able to make all favour overflow toward you, that you, always having all you need in every way, have plenty for every good work.

The wrongdoer is borrowing and does not repay, But the righteous one shows favour and gives.

And He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, shall supply and increase the seed you have sown and increase the fruit of your righteousness,

And this: He who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and he who sows on blessing shall also reap on blessing.

And concerning the collections for the set-apart ones, you are to do as I gave orders to the assemblies of Galatia:On the first day of the week let each one of you set aside, storing up whatever he is prospered, so that there are no collections when I come.

“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in My house. And please prove Me in this,” said יהוה  of hosts, “whether I do not open for you the windows of the heavens, and shall pour out for you boundless blessing!

And do not forget to do good and to share, for with such slaughter offerings Elohim is well pleased.

There is one who scatters, yet increases more. And one who withholds more than is right, But it comes to poverty.

‘And when you bring a peace offering to יהוה, bring it for your acceptance.

being enriched in every way for all simplicity, which works out thanksgiving to Elohim through us.

“And give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away what is yours do not ask it back.

Ascribe to יהוה  the esteem of His Name; Bring an offering, and come into His courts.

Indeed I have all and more than enough. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditos what you sent, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable offering, well-pleasing to Elohim.

“Beware of doing your kind deeds before men, in order to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in the heavens.“Thus, when you do a kind deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do, in the congregations and in the streets, to be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.“But when you do a kind deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,so that your kind deed shall be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret shall Himself reward you openly.

And it came to be, in the course of time, that Qayin brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to יהוה.And Heḇbut He did not look to Qayin and his offering. And Qayin was very wroth, and his face fell.

‘Take from among you a contribution to יהוה. Everyone whose heart so moves him, let him bring it as a contribution to יהוה : gold, and silver, and bronze,

“And when you bring a slaughtering of thanksgiving to יהוה, bring it for your acceptance.

but each one with the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of יהוה  your Elohim which He has given you.

Voluntarily I slaughter to You; I praise Your Name, O יהוה, for it is good.

For You do not desire slaughtering, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.The slaughterings of Elohim are a broken spirit, A heart broken and crushed, O Elohim, These You do not despise.

Esteem יהוה  with your goods, And with the first-fruits of all your increase;Then your storehouses shall be filled with plenty, And your vats overflow with new wine.

“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give so voluntarily as this? For all comes from You, and we have given to You out of Your hand.

And looking up He saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,and He saw a certain poor widow putting in two mites.And He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all.“For all these out of their excess have put in offerings for Elohim, but she out of her poverty has put in all that she had to live on.”

I call upon you, therefore, brothers, through the compassion of Elohim, to present your bodies a living offering – set-apart, well-pleasing to Elohim – your reasonable worship.

“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕ

you also, as living stones, are being built up, a spiritual house, a set-apart priesthood, to offer up spiritual slaughter offerings acceptable to Elohim through יהושע  Messiah.

And as the word spread, the children of Yisra’ĕ

Those sowing in tears, shall reap with songs of joy.He who goes on and weeps, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall indeed come in with rejoicing, Bearing his sheaves.

On the first day of the week let each one of you set aside, storing up whatever he is prospered, so that there are no collections when I come.

For if the readiness is present, it is well received according to what one has, not according to what he does not have –

“If you then, being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give what is good to those who ask Him!

יהוה  is Ě

And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Master and not to men,knowing that from the Master you shall receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Master, Messiah, you serve.

Do not be led astray: Elohim is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he shall also reap.Because he who sows to his own flesh shall reap corruption from the flesh, but he who sows to the Spirit shall reap everlasting life from the Spirit.And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not grow weary.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His Name.

“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loosen the tight cords of wrongness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to exempt the oppressed, and to break off every yoke?“Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, and cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh?

By belief, Heḇ

But now I am going to Yerushalayim to serve the set-apart ones.For it pleased those from Makedonia and Achaia to make some contribution for the poor among the set-apart ones who are in Yerushalayim.

to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, ready to share,storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, so that they lay hold on everlasting life.

What shall I return to יהוה ? All His bounties are upon me.I lift up the cup of deliverance, And call upon the Name of יהוה.I pay my vows to יהוה  Now in the presence of all His people.

But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his tender affections from him, how does the love of Elohim stay in him?My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

So that esteem might praise You and not be silent. O יהוה  my Elohim, I thank You forever.

Through Him then, let us continually offer up a slaughter offering of praise to Elohim, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His Name.

יהוה  is near to the broken-hearted, And saves those whose spirit is crushed.Many are the evils of the righteous, But יהוה  delivers him out of them all.

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap material goods from you?

Shepherd the flock of Elohim which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but voluntarily, not out of greed for filthy gain, but eagerly,neither as being masters over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who esteems Him shows favour to the needy.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of turning.

in all circumstances give thanks, for this is the desire of Elohim in Messiah יהושע  for you.

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