Proverbs 3:9
Honor Hashem with thy substance, 1 and with the reshit (firstfruit) of all thine increase; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
In Context
8It shall be rife'ut (health) to thy navel, 1 and marrow to thy atzmot. 1
10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, 1 and thy vats shall burst out with tirosh. 1
Cross References
Genesis 28:22And this even (stone), which I have set for a matzevah (pillar), shall be Beis Elohim: and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the aser (tenth) unto Thee.
Exodus 23:16And the Chag HaKatzir, Bikkurim (Firstfruits) + 23:16 See Ac 2 of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the sadeh; and the Chag HaAsif (Feast of Ingathering), + 23:16 See Yn 7 which is in the end of the shanah, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the sadeh.
Exodus 34:26The reshit bikkurim of thy land thou shalt bring unto the Beis Hashem Eloheicha. Thou shalt not cook a kid in cholov immo.
Leviticus 19:25And in the shanah hachamishit shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am Hashem Eloheichem.
Numbers 15:20Ye shall offer up a challah (loaf, cake) of the first of your kneading for a terumah; as ye do the terumat goren (gift of the threshing floor), so shall ye set it aside.
Deuteronomy 14:29And the Levi (because he hath no chelek nor nachalah with thee) and the ger, and the yatom, and the almanah, which are within thy she'arim, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Hashem Eloheicha may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
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 →