Bible Verses about 'Sacrifice'
- To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. - 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.’ - But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
- Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,
and to the blameless I will show my salvation. - 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.
- 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.
- For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
- 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.
- In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait expectantly. - 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.
- 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.”
- 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!
- Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”
- I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
- Take words with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
“Forgive all our sins
and receive us graciously,
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.” - If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Bible verse of the day
Trust in the Lord with all your heartand lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.