The best Bible verses for sacrifice (NASB) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for sacrifice (NASB), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Now concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies."1 Corinthians 8:1
"Now concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies."1 Corinthians 8:1
"Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one."1 Corinthians 8:4
"For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols?"1 Corinthians 8:10
"Look at the nation Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?"1 Corinthians 10:18
"What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?"1 Corinthians 10:19
"[No], but [I say] that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons."1 Corinthians 10:20
"But if anyone says to you, 'This is meat sacrificed to idols,' do not eat [it], for the sake of the one who informed [you], and for conscience' sake;"1 Corinthians 10:28
"and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for [those of] the whole world."1 John 2:2
"In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins."1 John 4:10
"you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."1 Peter 2:5
"'There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock."Deuteronomy 12:6
"'Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every [cultic] place you see,"Deuteronomy 12:13
"'But if it has any defect, [such as] lameness or blindness, [or] any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God."Deuteronomy 15:21
"'You shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where the LORD chooses to establish His name."Deuteronomy 16:2
"'For seven days no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory, and none of the flesh which you sacrifice on the evening of the first day shall remain overnight until morning."Deuteronomy 16:4
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 (NASB) are 1 Corinthians 8:1, 1 Corinthians 8:4, 1 Corinthians 8:10. 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 (NASB) 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 (NASB), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.