Proverbs 3:9
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits :
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
In Context
8For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.
10And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.
Cross References
Genesis 28:22And this stone, which I have set up for a title, shall called the house of God: and of all things that thou shalt give to me, I will offer tithes to thee.
Exodus 23:16And the feast of the harvest of the firstfruits of thy work, whatsoever thou hast sown in the field. The feast also in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in all thy corn out of the field.
Exodus 34:26The first of the fruits of thy ground thou shalt offer in the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.
Leviticus 19:25And in the fifth year you shall eat the fruits thereof, gathering the increase thereof. I am the Lord your God.
Numbers 15:20Of the things you eat. As you separate firstfruits of your barnfloors:
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.
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 →