38 Bible Verses about Substitution

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked. And, behold, a ram behind him was entangled in a thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of all the first-born that open the womb from the sons of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine. Because all the first-born are Mine. On the day that I struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt I set apart to Myself all the first-born in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be Mine. I am Jehovah.

And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of the sons of Israel.

If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your slaves. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our slaves and serve us.

And he said to him, So says Jehovah, Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall be for his life, and your people for his people.

Our fathers have sinned and are not; we have borne their iniquities.

Also lie on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; according to the number of days that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.

And he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering. And it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

And it shall be on Aaron's forehead, so that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things which will sanctify the sons of Israel in all their holy gifts. And it shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be accepted before Jehovah.

And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the sins of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send away by the hand of a chosen man into the wilderness. And the goat shall bear on him all their sins to a land in which no one lives. And he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.

you shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the cattle, of the sheep, or of the goats. You shall not offer that which has a blemish. For it shall not be acceptable for you.

Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was on Him; and with His stripes we ourselves are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, each one to his own way; and Jehovah has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "He took on Himself our weaknesses and bore our sicknesses."

who when He was reviled did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but gave Himself up to Him who judges righteously. He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that dying to sins, we might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. For you were as sheep going astray, but now you are turned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

For the zeal of Your house has eaten Me up; and the reproaches of those who reproached You have fallen on Me.

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.

For we yet being without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

who died for us, so that whether we watch or sleep we should live together with Him.

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish.

But if your brother is grieved with your food, you no longer walk according to love. Do not with your food destroy him for whom Christ died.

For the love of Christ constrains us, judging this, that if one died for all, then all died;

I have been crucified with Christ, and I live; yet no longer I, but Christ lives in me. And that life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith toward the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself on my behalf.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone having been hanged on a tree");

who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify to Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He by the grace of God should taste death for all.

For you were not called to this? For Christ also suffered on our behalf, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps,

By this we have known the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that dying to sins, we might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

For Christ also once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, indeed being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit;

For He has made Him who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. And to those who look for Him He shall appear the second time without sin to salvation.

and He died for all, that the living ones may live no more to themselves, but to Him who died for them and having been raised.

No one has greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

And now will You forgive their sin! And if not, I pray You, blot me out of Your book which You have written.

For I myself was wishing to be accursed from Christ for my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh,