Bible Strands
Proverbs 3:10
then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker is the author of Proverbs addressing his son, immediately following the command to honor the LORD with wealth and firstfruits in Proverbs 3:9. The instruction occurs within a parental discourse on wisdom and covenant faithfulness.
The words — יִפְרֹֽצוּ (yif.Ro.tzu) translates literally to “they will burst open,” describing the vats. אֲסָמֶ֣י/ךָ ('a.sa.Mei./kha) means “your storehouses,” indicating the specific location of the promised abundance.
The thread — The motif of overflowing agricultural stores appears in Deuteronomy 28:8, where the LORD decrees blessing on barns. Proverbs 11:24 and Proverbs 19:17 similarly link generous giving with divine repayment.
Why it lands — The text states that honoring God with material resources results in physical provision and surplus. It requires a reader to accept that faithful stewardship precedes tangible blessing, without guaranteeing uniform outcomes.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 19:17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Deuteronomy 28:8 The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
- Proverbs 11:24 One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
- Proverbs 22:9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
- Joel 2:24 The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
- Haggai 2:19 Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
- Malachi 3:10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
- Leviticus 26:2 You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.