Proverbs 3:9
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
הערת לימוד
Study Note
The instruction to 'honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce' applies the agricultural offering of firstfruits (Exodus 23:19; Leviticus 23:10) as a principle for all economic life. The concept of firstfruits signals priority and consecration: the first and best portion belongs to God before the remainder is available for personal use, structuring economic life around divine ownership. The promise that follows (verse 10) — 'then your barns will be filled with plenty' — presents material blessing as a consequence of proper orientation, consistent with the Deuteronomic blessing framework while remaining within wisdom's observation of reliable moral-material connections. The verse is cited in 2 Corinthians 9 and Malachi 3:10 traditions as foundational for understanding generosity as the proper first response to divine provision.
תרגומים נוספים
Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:
Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;
Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:
הפניות צולבות
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt …
Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy …
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou …
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou …
And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing …
That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and …
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice …