Bible Strands
Proverbs 3:9
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The passage records a father’s instruction to a student, embedded in a sequence of commands about trust, provision, and reverence.
The words — כַּבֵּד (ka.Bed) translates literally to "honor," and רֵאשִׁית (re.Shit) means "first" or "first portion."
The thread — The directive to present initial harvests appears in Deuteronomy 26:2 and Exodus 23:19, while 1 Corinthians 16:2 applies the principle to weekly monetary set-asides.
Why it lands — The text requires giving God the initial share of one’s income and agricultural yield before allocating resources for personal use.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 26:2 you 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,
- 1 Corinthians 16:2 On 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.
- Exodus 23:19 Bring 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.
- Proverbs 14:31 Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Philippians 4:17 Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
- Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
- Exodus 22:29 You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
- Haggai 1:4 “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
- 2 Corinthians 8:2 In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
- Exodus 34:26 Bring 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.”