Proverbs 3:9
Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
In Context
8Healing, shall it be to thy body, and refreshing, to thy bones.
10So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty, and, with new wine, shall thy vats overflow.
Cross References
Genesis 28:22And, this stone which I have put for a pillar, shall be the house of God,—And, of all which thou shalt give me, a tenth, will I tithe unto thee.
Exodus 23:16And the festival of harvest with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field, And the festival of ingathering—at the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
Exodus 34:26The beginning of the firstfruits of thy ground, shalt thou bring into the house of Yahweh, thy God, Thou shalt not boil a kid, in the milk of its dam.
Leviticus 19:25And in the fifth year, shall ye eat the fruit thereof, that it may enrich you with its increase,—I—Yahweh, am your God.
Numbers 15:20Of the first of your meal, shall ye heave up, a cake, as a heave-offering,—like the heave-offering of grain, so shall ye heave it.
Deuteronomy 14:29and the Levite shall come in—because he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee—and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied,—that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in all the work of thy hand which 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 →