Bible Verses About Offering

Offering is an important part of our faith journey, representing our gratitude and commitment to God. The Bible teaches us about the significance of giving and how it reflects our heart’s attitude towards God. In this blog post, we’ll explore Bible verses about offering, showing us how to give generously and with joy. These verses help us understand why offering is more than just a financial act—it’s a way to honor God and support His work on earth.

Bible Verses About Offering

Genesis 4:4 – “And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering.”

Exodus 35:5 – “From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering of gold, silver and bronze;”

Leviticus 1:3 – “‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the Lord.’”

Leviticus 22:19 – “You must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.”

Deuteronomy 16:17 – “Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.”

2 Corinthians 9:7 – “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”

Malachi 3:10 – “‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.’”

Matthew 5:23-24 – “‘Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.’”

Luke 21:1-4 – “As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. ‘Truly I tell you,’ he said, ‘this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.’”

Acts 20:35 – “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Philippians 4:18 – “I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.”

Proverbs 3:9 – “Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;”

1 Chronicles 29:14 – “‘But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.’”

1 Corinthians 16:2 – “On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.”

Hebrews 13:16 – “And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”

Exodus 25:2 – “‘Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give.’”

Deuteronomy 8:18 – “But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.”

Nehemiah 10:32 – “We assume the responsibility for carrying out the commands to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God:”

Proverbs 11:25 – “A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.”

2 Samuel 24:24 – “But the king replied to Araunah, ‘No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.’ So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them.”

Matthew 6:1-4 – “‘Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. ‘So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.’”

Luke 6:38 – “‘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 to you.’”

Acts 4:32 – “All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had.”

Romans 12:8 – “If it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.”

2 Corinthians 8:12 – “For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.”

2 Corinthians 9:6 – “Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”

Galatians 6:6 – “Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor.”

Philippians 4:15 – “Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only;”

1 Timothy 6:18 – “Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.”

James 2:15-16 – “Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?”

2 Chronicles 31:12 – “They faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Konaniah, the Levite, was in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was next in rank.”

1 Kings 10:2 – “She came to Jerusalem to see Solomon and to test him with hard questions, arriving with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind.”

2 Chronicles 31:4 – “He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites, so they could devote themselves to the Law of the Lord.”

Nehemiah 12:44 – “At that time men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the contributions, firstfruits and tithes. From the fields around the towns they were to bring into the storerooms the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites, for Judah was pleased with the ministering priests and Levites.”

Nehemiah 13:12 – “All Judah brought the tithes of grain, new wine and olive oil into the storerooms.”

Exodus 36:5 – “and said to Moses, ‘The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.’”

1 Chronicles 29:9 – “The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.”

2 Chronicles 24:10 – “All the officials and all the people brought their contributions gladly, dropping them into the chest until it was full.”

Psalm 96:8 – “Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts.”

Psalm 116:12 – “What shall I return to the Lord for all his goodness to me?”

Deuteronomy 26:2 – “Take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name”

Ezekiel 44:30 – “The best of all the firstfruits and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal so that a blessing may rest on your household.”

Micah 6:6-8 – “With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

Jeremiah 17:26 – “Then people will come from the towns of Judah and the villages around Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin and the western foothills, from the hill country and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 12:6 – “There bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.”

Exodus 23:19 – “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

Haggai 1:7-8 – “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Give careful thought to your ways. Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,’ says the Lord.”

Proverbs 21:3 – “To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.”

Leviticus 22:29 – “When you sacrifice a thank offering to the Lord, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.”

Malachi 1:14 – “‘Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and my name is to be feared among the nations.’”

These verses cover a range of teachings about offerings, from Old Testament sacrifices to New Testament principles of giving. They reflect the importance of offering in worship and the attitude with which we should give.

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