Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 3:9
9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;
Proverbs 3:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
- New International Version (NIV)Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
Context of Proverbs 3:9
7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil. 8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones. Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; 10then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine. 11My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
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כַּבֵּ֣ד אֶת־יְ֭הוָה מֵהוֹנֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מֵרֵאשִׁ֗ית כָּל־תְּבוּאָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:9
- Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Genesis 14:18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
- Genesis 28:22And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
- Exodus 22:29You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
- Exodus 23:19Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Exodus 34:26Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
- Exodus 35:20Then the whole congregation of Israel withdrew from the presence of Moses.
- Numbers 7:2And the leaders of Israel, the heads of their families, presented an offering. These men were the tribal leaders who had supervised the registration.
- Numbers 31:50So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
- Deuteronomy 26:2you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
- Haggai 1:4“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
- Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
- Mark 14:7The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
- Luke 14:13But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
- 1 Corinthians 16:2On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
- 2 Corinthians 8:2In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
Commentaries on Proverbs 3:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Honor the Lord with thy substance - The מנחה Minchah or gratitude-offering to God, commanded under the law, is of endless obligation. It would be well to give a portion of the produce of every article by which we get our support to God, or to the poor, the representatives of Christ. This might be done either in kind, or by the worth in money. Whatever God sends us in the way of secular prosperity, there is a portion of it always for the poor, and for…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9“Substance” points to capital, “increase” to revenue. The Septuagint as if to guard against ill-gotten gains being offered as an atonement for the ill-getting, inserts the quaifying words, “honor the Lord from thy righteous labors.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 There is not a greater enemy to the fear of the Lord in the heart, than self-conceit of our own wisdom. The prudence and sobriety which religion teaches, tend not only to the health of the soul, but to the health of the body. Worldly wealth is but poor substance, yet, such as it is, we must honour God with it; and those that do good with what they have, shall have more to do more good with. Should the Lord visit us with trials and sickness…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10God receives honor and blesses his people when they acknowledge him as the source of all they have. He blesses them when they give him the best part of everything they produce (Genesis 4:3–5; 18:6; Numbers 18:12, 29).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. (Compare Pr 11:25; Ex 23:19; De 18:4; Is 32:8; 2Co 9:13).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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