Bible Verses about 'Sacrifice'

To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the… Proverbs 21:3

To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3 honesty righteousness sacrifice
Go and learn what this text means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.
Matthew 9:13 mercy righteousness sacrifice

But I with hymns of praise
will offer sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will fulfill.
Salvation comes from the Lord.
Jonah 2:10 salvation gratitude sacrifice
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a contrite and humble heart, O God,
you will not spurn.
Psalm 51:19 sacrifice repentance
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a sacrificial offering whose fragrance is pleasing to God.
Ephesians 5:2 love sacrifice Jesus
He is himself the sacrifice for our sins—
and not only for our sins
but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2 sin Savior forgiveness
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.
Romans 12:1 mercy holiness obedience
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.
1 John 4:10 sin love Savior
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.
Hebrews 9:28 sin sacrifice salvation
No one can have greater love
than to lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 love sacrifice friendship
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.
Mark 12:33 heart mind strength
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
Luke 9:24 sacrifice life
For I handed on to you as of primary importance what I received: that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried and that he was raised to life on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 sin sacrifice Jesus
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.
Mark 10:45 humility Jesus sacrifice
He gave himself for us in order to deliver us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people as his own who are eager to do good.
Titus 2:14 sacrifice purification goodness
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they placed it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. Then, bending the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
Matthew 27:28-29 sacrifice suffering easter
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.
Hebrews 9:14 Jesus Spirit purification
O Lord, at daybreak you hear my voice;
at daybreak I bring my petition before you
and await your reply.
Psalm 5:4 prayer patience listening
He did not spare his own Son but gave him up for all of us. How then can he fail also to give us everything else along with him?
Romans 8:32 sacrifice Father receiving
Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your crops.
Proverbs 3:9 money sacrifice giving
At the appointed time, while we were still helpless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 5:6 sacrifice Jesus transformation
Nor should you present any part of your body as an instrument for wickedness leading to sin. Rather, present yourselves to God as having been raised from death to life and the parts of your body to God as instruments for righteousness.
Romans 6:13 sin righteousness sacrifice
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.”
Luke 22:20 wine covenant blood
In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served but rather to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Matthew 20:28 Jesus serving sacrifice
However, if we live in the light
as he himself is in the light,
then we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus his Son
purifies us from all sin.
1 John 1:7 purification sacrifice community

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.”