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Proverbs 3:9

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3:9Honor24 the Lord from your wealth

and from the first fruits of all your crops;25

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Proverbs 3:9–10: Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

Footnotes

  1. 24 The imperative כַּבֵּד (kabbed, “honor”) functions as a command, instruction, counsel or exhortation. To honor God means to give him the rightful place of authority by rendering to him gifts of tribute. One way to acknowledge God in one’s ways (v. 6) is to honor him with one’s wealth (v. 9).
  2. 25 Heb “produce.” The noun תְּבוּאָה (tévu’ah) has a two-fold range of meaning: (1) “product; yield” of the earth (= crops; harvest) and (2) “income; revenue” in general ( 100 ). The imagery in vv. 9–10 is agricultural; however, all Israelites—not just farmers—were expected to give the best portion (= first fruits) of their income to Lord.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Honor the Lord with your wealth

and with the firstfruits of all your produce;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Honor the Lord with your wealth,

with the firstfruits of all your crops;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Honor the Lord with your possessions

and with the first produce of your entire harvest;

NLTNew Living Translation

Honor the Lord with your wealth

and with the best part of everything you produce.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Honor Yahweh from your substance,

and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,

KJV 1900King James Version

Honour the Lord with thy substance,

And with the firstfruits of all thine increase: