The best Bible verses for sacrifice (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for sacrifice (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience —"1 Corinthians 10:28
"But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience —"1 Corinthians 10:28
"He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world."1 John 2:2
"In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."1 John 4:10
"you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."1 Peter 2:5
"and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock."Deuteronomy 12:6
"But if it has any blemish, if it is lame or blind or has any serious blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God."Deuteronomy 15:21
"And you shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the LORD your God, from the flock or the herd, at the place that the LORD will choose, to make his name dwell there."Deuteronomy 16:2
"No leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the flesh that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain all night until morning."Deuteronomy 16:4
"You may not offer the Passover sacrifice within any of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you,"Deuteronomy 16:5
"but at the place that the LORD your God will choose, to make his name dwell in it, there you shall offer the Passover sacrifice, in the evening at sunset, at the time you came out of Egypt."Deuteronomy 16:6
"“You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep in which is a blemish, any defect whatever, for that is an abomination to the LORD your God."Deuteronomy 17:1
"And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from those offering a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach."Deuteronomy 18:3
"There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer"Deuteronomy 18:10
"and you shall sacrifice peace offerings and shall eat there, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God."Deuteronomy 27:7
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for sacrifice (ESV) are 1 Corinthians 10:28, 1 John 2:2, 1 John 4:10. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to sacrifice (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for sacrifice (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.