Proverbs 3:9
Honor Yahweh with your wealth 1 and with the firstfruits of all your produce, 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
In Context
8It will be healing to your flesh 1 and refreshment for your body. 1
10and your storehouses will be filled up 1 and your vats will be bursting, full of new wine. 1
Cross References
Genesis 28:22Then this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be a sacred stone. From everything that you give me, I will surely give a tenth back to you.”
Exodus 23:16You must observe the Festival of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors when you sowed seed in the fields. Also you must observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your produce from the fields.
Exodus 34:26You must bring the best of the firstfruits from your fields to my house. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.”
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 15:20From the first of your dough you must offer a loaf to raise it up as a raised offering from the threshing floor. You must raise it up in this way.
Deuteronomy 14:29and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates, will come and eat and be satisfied. Do this so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand that 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 →