Malachi 3:8
Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.
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In Context
9You are cursed with a curse; for you have kept back from me what is mine, even all this nation.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:25But in the fifth year you may take the fruit and the increase of it for your food: I am the Lord your God.
Numbers 18:21And to the children of Levi I have given as their heritage all the tenths offered in Israel, as payment for the work they do, the work of the Tent of meeting.
Nehemiah 13:4Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God, being a friend of Tobiah,
Psalms 29:2Give to the Lord the full glory of his name; give him worship in holy robes.
Proverbs 11:24A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.
Malachi 1:8And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.
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 →