Malachi 3:8
Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: 'In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving — this nation — all of it.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:25And in the fifth year ye do eat its fruit — to add to you its increase; I [am] Jehovah your God.
Numbers 18:21and to the sons of Levi, lo, I have given all the tenth in Israel for inheritance in exchange for their service which they are serving — the service of the tent of meeting.
Nehemiah 13:4And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God, [is] a relation of Tobiah,
Psalms 29:2Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the beauty of holiness.
Proverbs 11:24There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
Malachi 1:8And when ye bring nigh the blind for sacrifice, 'There is no evil,' And when ye bring nigh the lame and sick, 'There is no evil;' Bring it near, I pray thee, to thy governor — Doth he accept thee? or doth he lift up thy face? Said Jehovah 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 →