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Proverbs 3:9

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Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
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  1. Deuteronomy 26:2–15Rank 1 from verse 9
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    2That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

    3And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us.

    4And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.

    5And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

    6And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

    7And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

    8And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:

    9And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

    10And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God:

    11And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

    12¶ When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;

    13Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:

    14I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

    15Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

  2. 1 Corinthians 16:2Rank 2 from verse 9
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    2Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

  3. Exodus 23:19Rank 3 from verse 9
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    19The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

  4. Proverbs 14:31Rank 4 from verse 9
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    31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  5. Philippians 4:17–18Rank 5 from verse 9
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    17Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

    18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

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Proverbs 3:9

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honour

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Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

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increase

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Sense 1: Growth, produce, yield, offspring, gain, or enlargement. Sense 2: To grow, multiply, add to, enlarge, or intensify.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3:7¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

3:8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

3:9Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

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3:10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

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