Bible Verses About Sacrifices
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sacrifices, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,949 votes, led by Romans 12:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sacrifices
Romans 12:1159 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Samuel 15:22139 votes
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Ephesians 5:2133 votes
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.
Psalms 51:16-17121 votes
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
Mark 12:33116 votes
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
1 Peter 2:5110 votes
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 9:22101 votes
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Leviticus 17:1196 votes
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Isaiah 1:1189 votes
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Leviticus 1:1-982 votes
And the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
Hebrews 10:1-1874 votes
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Leviticus 1:1-1763 votes
And the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
Hebrews 13:15-1656 votes
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
John 1:2948 votes
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Micah 6:6-845 votes
Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Hebrews 10:442 votes
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Hebrews 10:1-1440 votes
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Philippians 4:1838 votes
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
Matthew 9:1336 votes
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Exodus 12:1-2834 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Psalms 51:1734 votes
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Isaiah 1:11-1732 votes
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Genesis 22:1-1831 votes
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Hosea 6:627 votes
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Genesis 22:1-1922 votes
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
What does the Bible say about sacrifices?
Readers most often cite Romans 12:1 on the subject of sacrifices. Across 1,949 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Samuel 15:22, Ephesians 5:2, Psalms 51:16-17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.