Malachi 3:8
Would a person rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.
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9You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:25In the fifth you may eat the fruit, having waited so that the trees might produce more. I am Yahweh your God.
Numbers 18:21To the descendants of Levi, look, I have given all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the service that they provide in working at the tent of meeting.
Nehemiah 13:4Now before this Eliashib the priest was appointed over the storerooms of the house of our God. He was related to Tobiah.
Psalms 29:2Ascribe to Yahweh the glory his name deserves. 1 Bow down to Yahweh in the splendor of holiness! 1
Proverbs 11:24There is one who scatters—he will accumulate even more; 1 another withholds what he should give—he comes to poverty. 1
Malachi 1:8When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not evil? When you offer the lame and sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor! Will he accept you or will he lift up your face?” says Yahweh 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 →