Bible Verses about 'Sacrifice'
- To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. - But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
- And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
- But I, with shouts of grateful praise,
will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’ - My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise. - He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
- Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
- This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
- Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
- So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and that “There is no God but one.”
- To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.
- For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.
- For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.
- Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
- For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
- They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.
- In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait expectantly. - He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
- How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops. - You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
- Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
- In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”
Bible verse of the day
Who is he, this King of glory?The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory.