New English Translation
Proverbs 3:9
9Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits 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
7Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil. 8This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self. Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops; 10then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine. 11My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, and do not loathe his rebuke.
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כַּבֵּ֣ד אֶת־יְ֭הוָה מֵהוֹנֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מֵרֵאשִׁ֗ית כָּל־תְּבוּאָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 3:9
- Proverbs 14:31The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.
- Genesis 14:18Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)
- Genesis 28:22Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me.”
- Exodus 22:29“Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.
- Exodus 23:19The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God. “You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Exodus 34:26“The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
- Exodus 35:20So the whole community of the Israelites went out from the presence of Moses.
- Numbers 7:2Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans, made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising the numbering.
- Numbers 31:50So we have brought as an offering for the Lord what each man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”
- Deuteronomy 26:2you must take the first of all the ground’s produce you harvest from the land the Lord your God is giving you, place it in a basket, and go to the place where he chooses to locate his name.
- Haggai 1:4“Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses while my temple is in ruins?
- Malachi 3:8Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!
- Mark 14:7For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!
- Luke 14:13But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
- 1 Corinthians 16:2On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.
- 2 Corinthians 8:2that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their 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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