Proverbs 3 · Verse 9

Proverbs 3:9

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Proverbs 3:9, King James Version

Proverbs 3:9 in other translations

BSBHonor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
WEBHonor the LORD with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
ASVHonor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:
YLTHonour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;
DARBYHonour Jehovah with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;
BBEGive honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:
WebsterHonor the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thy increase:

What does Proverbs 3:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 3:9-10
9-10. (Compare Pr 11:25; Ex 23:19; De 18:4; Is 32:8; 2Co 9:13).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Honor 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 God's cause. When that portion is thus disposed of, the rest is sanctified; when it is withheld, God's curse is upon the whole. Give to the poor, and God will give to thee.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 3:7-12

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…

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Proverbs 3:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כַּבֵּ֣דka.BedhonorH3513
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
מֵהוֹנֶ֑ךָme.ho.Ne.khafrom wealth yourH1952
וּ֝מֵרֵאשִׁ֗יתu.me.re.Shitand from [the] first ofH7225
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
תְּבוּאָתֶֽךָ\׃te.vu.'a.Te.khaproduce yourH8393

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 3:9

  • Deuteronomy 26:2-15

    That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there. And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us. And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God. And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: …

  • 1 Corinthians 16:2

    Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

  • Proverbs 14:31

    He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  • Exodus 23:19

    The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

  • Philippians 4:17-18

    Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

  • Malachi 3:8-10

    Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

  • Exodus 22:29

    Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

  • Haggai 1:4-9

    Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. …

  • 2 Corinthians 8:2-3

    How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

  • Exodus 35:20-29

    And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord. And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them. …

  • Exodus 34:26

    The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:8-9

    I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
14:31; Ge 14:18-21; 28:22; Ex 22:29; 23:19; 34:26; 35:20-29
Nu 7:2-89; 31:50-54; De 26:2-15; Hag 1:4-9; Mal 3:8,9
Mr 14:7,8,10-21; Lu 14:13,14; 1Co 16:2; 2Co 8:2,3,8,9
Php 4:17,18; 1Jo 3:17,18

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Context

  • Proverbs 3:8

    It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

  • Proverbs 3:9

    Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

  • Proverbs 3:10

    So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

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Proverbs 3:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Honra á Jehová de tu sustancia, y de las primicias de todos tus frutos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Honore l’ Éternel de tes biens et des prémices de tout ton revenu;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ehre Jehova von deinem Vermögen und von den Erstlingen all deines Ertrages;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Honora Dominum de tua substantia, et de primitiis omnium frugum tuarum da ei: