Proverbs 3:9
Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thy increase:
Webster 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 health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Cross References
Genesis 28:22And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth to thee.
Exodus 23:16And the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of in-gathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field.
Exodus 34:26The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring to the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
Leviticus 19:25And in the fifth year shall ye eat of its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I am the LORD your God.
Numbers 15:20Ye shall offer a cake of the first of your dough for a heave-offering: as ye do the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it.
Deuteronomy 14:29And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy 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 →