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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.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect to Abel, and to his offering:
Give to the LORD the glory due to his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.And he called his disciples, and saith to them, Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more, than all they who have cast into the treasury.For all they cast in of their abundance: but she of her want cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Therefore if thou shalt bring thy gift to the altar, and there remember that thy brother hath aught against thee;Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Therefore, when thou doest thy alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Verily, I say to you, they have their reward.
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or by constraint: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye give to others, it shall be measured to you again.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee.Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion.Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt-sacrifice. Selah.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Jesus said to him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who are at Jerusalem.
And God is able to make all grace abound towards you; that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Now may he that ministereth seed to the sower, both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
But this I say, He who soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly; and he who soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully.
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no collections when I come.
Bring ye all the tithes into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now with this, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
But to do good, and to communicate, forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings to the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.
Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen by them: otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.Therefore, when thou doest thy alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Verily, I say to you, they have their reward.But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:That thy alms may be in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret, himself will reward thee openly.
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD.And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect to Abel, and to his offering:But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Take ye from among you an offering to the LORD: whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it at your own will.
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt-offering.The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thy increase:So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come from thee, and of thy own have we given thee.
And he looked up, and saw rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.And he saw also a certain poor widow, casting in thither two mites.And he said, Of a truth I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.For all these have of their abundance cast in to the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
Ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the first-fruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things they brought in abundantly.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless return with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no collections when I come.
For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not.
If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
God is the LORD, who hath shown us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
And whatever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men;Knowing that from the Lord ye will receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.For he that soweth to his flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption: but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall from the Spirit reap life everlasting.And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful to him, and bless his name.
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou shouldst bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou shouldst cover him; and that thou shouldst not hide thyself from thy own flesh?
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained testimony that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who are at Jerusalem.
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits towards me?I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
But he who hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever.
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name.
The LORD is nigh to them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight of it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but from a ready mind;Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.