The word in Scripture

Offering in the Bible

The word offering appears 724 times in the King James Version of the Bible. An offering is what is presented to God in worship or atonement. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What offering means in the Bible

An offering is what is presented to God in worship or atonement.

Where the word offering appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word offering appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.”Psalms 40:6

“Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.”Psalms 96:8

“And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.”Isaiah 40:16

“Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?”Isaiah 57:6

“And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,”Luke 23:36

“That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.”Romans 15:16

“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”Ephesians 5:2

“Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:”Hebrews 10:5