Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
What does Proverbs 3:9 mean?
There is not a greater enemy to the fear of the Lord in the heart, than self-conceit of our own wisdom.
Key themes
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Keep this verse inside Proverbs 3:7-10 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Proverbs 3:9
The Septuagint as if to guard against ill-gotten gains being offered as an atonement for the ill-getting, inserts the quaifying words, "honor the Lord from thy righteous labors.
Context in Proverbs 3
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Proverbs 3 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as fatherly discourses on wisdom. Proverbs offers compact instruction on speech, work, wealth, friendship, sex, discipline, justice, and wisdom as a way of life before God. Read this chapter with the wider themes of wisdom, fear of the Lord, and speech in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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