Proverbs 3:10
And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
In Context
9Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits :
11My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:29And the Levite that hath no other part nor possession with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come and shall eat and be filled: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands that thou shalt do.
2 Chronicles 31:10Azarias the chief priest of the race of Sadoc answered him, saying: Since the firstfruits began to be offered in the house of the Lord, we have eaten, and have been filled, and abundance is left, because the Lord hath blessed his people: and of that which is left is this great store which thou seest.
Proverbs 19:17He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.
Haggai 2:19Set your hearts from this day, and henceforward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month: from the day that the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid, and lay it up in your hearts.
Matthew 10:42And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:8-13
Consecration to God. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord , and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord ; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. We have… Read the whole commentary →