Bible Verses about 'Sacrifice'
- To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. - But I with hymns of praise
will offer sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will fulfill.
Salvation comes from the Lord. - Go and learn what this text means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.
- He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me;
to him who follows my way
I will show the salvation of God. - My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a contrite and humble heart, O God,
you will not spurn. - Therefore, brethren, I implore you by the mercies of God to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice that is holy and acceptable to God—a spiritual act of worship.
- He is himself the sacrifice for our sins—
and not only for our sins
but also for the sins of the whole world. - And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a sacrificial offering whose fragrance is pleasing to God.
- This is what love is:
not that we have loved God,
but that he loved us
and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. - Now in regard to the eating of meat sacrificed to idols, we know that idols are nothing in the world and that there is only one God.
- And ‘to love him with all your heart, and with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself,’ is worth more than any burnt offerings and sacrifices.
- Therefore, by a single offering he has made perfect forever those who are being sanctified.
- O Lord, at daybreak you hear my voice;
at daybreak I bring my petition before you
and await your reply. - So Christ, having been offered once to take away the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for him.
- And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be poured out for you.”
- How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from acts that lead to death so that we may worship the living God.
- Then he took a cup, and after offering thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from this, all of you. For this is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins.”
- I am the good shepherd.
The good shepherd
lays down his life for the sheep. - Prepare in advance what you want to say,
and return to the Lord.
Say to him, “Take away all guilt
and give us what is good,
so that we may present as offerings
the bullocks from our stalls.” - If I give away everything to feed the poor
and hand over my body to be burned,
but do not have love,
I achieve nothing.
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Bible verse of the day
Trust wholeheartedly in the Lordrather than relying on your own intelligence.
In everything you do, acknowledge him,
and he will see that your paths are straight.
