Proverbs 3:9
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all the crops you grow.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
In Context
8Then you will be healed and made strong.
10Then your barns will be filled with produce, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Cross References
Genesis 28:22This stone pillar that I've set up will be the house of God, and I will give you one tenth of all you give me.”
Exodus 23:16You are also to observe the Festival of Harvest when you present the firstfruits of the produce from what you've sown in the fields. Lastly you are to observe the Festival of Gathering-In the Harvest at the end of the year, when you gather in the harvest of the rest of your crops from the field.
Exodus 34:26When you harvest your crops, bring the firstfruits to the house of the Lord your God. Don't cook a young goat in milk from its mother.”
Leviticus 19:25However, the fifth year you may eat the fruit and in this way you will have an even greater harvest. I am the Lord your God.
Numbers 15:20You are to give some of the flour you make into loaves as a gift—present it just like an offering from the threshing floor.
Deuteronomy 14:29This way the Levites (who don't have any share in the allotment of land), the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows in your town will be provided with what they need. The Lord your God will bless you in everything you 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 →