Malachi 3:8
Shall a man afflict God? for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
9And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole nation of you.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:25And in the fifth year you shall eat the fruits thereof, gathering the increase thereof. I am the Lord your God.
Numbers 18:21And I have given to the sons of Levi all the tithes of Israel for a possession for the ministry wherewith they serve me in the tabernacle of the covenant:
Nehemiah 13:4And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the treasury of the house of our God, and was near akin to Tobias.
Psalms 29:2Bring to the Lord glory and honour: bring to the Lord glory to his name: adore ye the Lord in his holy court.
Proverbs 11:24Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want.
Malachi 1:8If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? offer it to thy prince, if he will be pleased with it, or if he will regard thy face, saith the 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 →