Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Proverbs 3:9

substance … increase Perhaps (as Speaker's Comm.) capital, and revenue. It is interesting that (as there pointed out) the LXX. qualify both words, by restricting them to "righteous," well-gotten wealth: ἀπὸ σῶν δικαίων πόνων … ἀπὸ σῶν καρπῶν δικαιοσύνης. Restitution is the true consecration of unrighteous gain, Luke 19:8.

Continues after advertising

See also Proverbs 3:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 3:9. _HONOUR THE LORD WITH THY SUBSTANCE_] The מנחה MINCHAH or gratitude-offering to God, commanded under the _law_, is of endless obligation. It would be well to give a portion of the...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    “Substance” points to capital, “increase” to revenue. 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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The call and promise of wisdom (Proverbs 3:1)_ 2. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (Proverbs 3:11) 3. Promise and instruction (Proverbs 3:21)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HONOUR... SUBSTANCE. This proverb has led to. universal custom. Compare 1Ti 5:3, 1 Timothy 5:17; Acts 5:2 ("price". honour); Proverbs 19:19. Illustrations: Abraham ...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 758 THE REWARD OF CHARITY Proverbs 3:9. _Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shal...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HONOUR THE LORD WITH THY SUBSTANCE— According to the manners of the east, a subject was to pay his homage and shew his attachment to his lord and sovereign by presents. To make presents to a king, is...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER 3 TEXT Proverbs 3:1-12 1. My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: 2. For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee. 3. Let not kind...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: HONOUR THE LORD WITH THY SUBSTANCE, AND WITH THE FIRST-FRUITS OF ALL THINE INCREASE - by offering freely gifts fo...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20, declares the profit...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TO HONOUR is to pay the dues (Isaiah 43:28; Daniel 11:38; 1 Timothy 5:7)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In Malachi 3:6-12, Malachi accuses the people. He says that they have stolen from God. This is because they have not given their gifts for God’s work. The truth is that all our possessions belong to...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כַּבֵּ֣ד אֶת ־יְ֭הוָה מֵ הֹונֶ֑ךָ וּ֝ מֵ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 4 THE EARTHLY REWARDS OF WISDOM Proverbs 3:1 THE general teaching of these nine introductory Chapter s is that the "ways of Wisdom are pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." We are taug...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Prove

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE RESULTS OF TRUSTING JEHOVAH Proverbs 3:1-12 How replete with helpful instruction on the policy of life is this paragraph! The _young_ of both sexes are invited to be merciful in their judgments...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (f) Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: (f) As was commanded in the law, (Exodus 23:19; Deuteronomy 26:2) and by this they acknowledged that God was th...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Fruits. Septuagint add, "of justice;" to intimate that no presents will be acceptable, which have been unjustly acquired._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HONOUR THE LORD WITH THY SUBSTANCE,.... Or, "out of thy substance" n; for as it should be a man's own that he gives, and not another's, and therefore called "thy substance"; or, as the Septuagint vers...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: Ver. 9. _Honour the Lord with thy substance._] Freely expending it in pious and charitable uses. Exo 25:19 Deu 26:2...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Honour the Lord with thy substance_ Lay out thy estate, not to please thyself, but to glorify God; _and with the first-fruits of all thy increase_ Or, with _the chief_, or _best;_ which answers to th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Honor the Lord with thy substance, with the riches which one enjoys as His blessing, repaying Him from tile gifts granted by Him, AND WITH THE FIRST-FRUITS OF ALL THINE INCREASE, the yield of one's wo...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OBEDIENCE, FAITH, AND LIBERALITY URGED...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WITH THY SUBSTANCE; or, _with thy riches_. Lay out thy estate not only to please and advance thyself or family, but also to glorify God; which is done by the payment of all those offerings and dues wh...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 3:9 Honor H3513 (H8761) LORD H3068 possessions H1952 firstfruits H7225 increase H8393...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    INTRODUCTORY EXHORTATION FOLLOWED BY THE REQUIREMENT TO TRUST IN YHWH, TO FEAR YHWH AND TO HONOUR YHWH (PROVERBS 3:1). Solomon here speaks of wisdom and understanding in terms of ‘my torah -- my comma...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a blessing. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and put themselves unde...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._ USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1). Int...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Honour the Lord with thy substance._ THE HIGHEST GIVING, THE CONDITION OF THE HIGHEST GETTING I. The highest giving. 1. Giving to the Best Being. 2. Giving the best things to the Best Being. The...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:8. NAVEL, “body” or “muscles.” MARROW, literally “refreshing,” “moistening,” in contrast to the condition described in Psalms 32:3. PROVERBS 3:11. DESPITE NOT, or “loathe...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 3:1 4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2). Now these are the three. And...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 16:2; 1 John 3:17; 1 John 3:18; 2 Corinthians 8:2;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    LEST WE FORGET Proverbs 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Proverbs speaks several times of the danger of forgetting God and His Commandments. We are firmly convinced that herein is a danger that w...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Substance — Lay out thy estate not to please thyself, but to glorify God. First — fruits — Or, with the chief or best; which answers to the first — fruits under the law....

Continues after advertising