9 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;

Other Translations of Proverbs 3:9

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

9 Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce;

The Message

9 Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best.

New King James Version

9 Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase;

New Living Translation

9 Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 3:9

Commentary on Proverbs 3:7-12

(Read 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 with trials and sickness, let us not forget that the exhortation speaks to us as to children, for our good. We must not faint under an affliction, be it ever so heavy and long, not be driven to despair, or use wrong means for relief. The father corrects the son whom he loves, because he loves him, and desires that he may be wise and good. Afflictions are so far from doing God's children any hurt, that, by the grace of God, they promote their holiness.