Malachi 3:8
Will a man rob God? Yet ye rob me. But ye say, How have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9Ye are cursed with the curse, for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:25And in the fifth year ye shall eat of the fruit of it, that it may yield to you the increase of it. I am LORD your God.
Numbers 18:21And to the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.
Nehemiah 13:4Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
Psalms 29:2Ascribe to LORD the glory due to his name. Worship LORD in holy array.
Proverbs 11:24There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.
Malachi 1:8And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, [ye say,] It is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, It is no evil! Present it now to thy governor. Will he be pleased with thee, or will he accept thy person? says LORD of hosts.
Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:8-13
The Sins of the People; Encouragements to Repentance. ( b. c. 400.) 7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that… Read the whole commentary →