Proverbs 3:9-12 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:9

Honour the Lord with thy substance, etc. An exhortation to self-sacrificing devotion by the appropriation and use of wealth to the service of Jehovah. With thy substance ( mehonehka ); Vulgate, de tua substantia ; LXX ; ἀπὸ σῶν δικαίων πόνων . Hon, properly "lightness," is "opulence," "wealth," as in Proverbs 1:13 . The min in composition with hon is not partitive, as Delitzsch and Berthean take it, but signifies "with" or "by means of," as in Psalms 38:7 ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:9-10

Consecrated property I. WE CAN HONOUR GOD WITH OUR PROPERTY . It is not to be supposed that because religion is a wholly spiritual power it has no bearing on material things. Our religion is a mockery unless it affects the way in which we spend our money, as well as all other concerns of life. Property can be consecrated to God by being spent in conscious obedience to his will and by being used for the promotion of his glory, as in the maintenance of worship, the extension of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:9-10

The Divine responsiveness There are two ways in which God blesses us—unconditionally and conditionally. We receive very much from him in virtue of his originating and spontaneous goodness. We may, if we will, receive much from him also as the result of his faithful response to our appeal. The text suggests to us the truth, which has manifold illustrations, that if we take toward him the attitude which he desires us to assume, he will visit us with appropriate and corresponding... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:10

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty. The promise held out to encourage the devotion of one's wealth to Jehovah's service, while supplying a motive which at first sight appears selfish and questionable, is in reality a trial of faith. Few persons find it easy to realize that giving away will increase their store (Wardlaw). The teacher is warranted in bringing forward this promise by the language of Moses in Deuteronomy 28:1-8 , whine, among other things, he promises that Jehovah will... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:11

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord. The teacher, in Proverbs 3:11 and Proverbs 3:12 , passes to another phase of life. The thought of prosperity suggests the opposite one of adversity. Abundant prosperity shall flow from honouring Jehovah, but he sometimes and not unfrequently sends affliction, and, indeed, without this life would be incomplete. The object of the exhortation is, as Delitzsch states, to show that, as in prosperity God should not be forgotten, so one should not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:11-12

Chastening I. GOD CHASTENS HIS CHILDREN WITH SUFFERING . All suffering is not chastening. Some trouble is the pruning of branches that already bear fruit, in order that they may bring forth more fruit ( John 15:2 ). But when it meets us in our sins and failings, it is to be regarded as a Divine method of correction. It is not then the vengeance of a God simply concerned with his own outraged anger; before this we should tremble with alarm. It is not the chance product of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:11-12

Patience in affliction Well does this lesson contrast with the preceding picture of prosperity and opulence. I. THE RELIGIOUS VIEW OF SUFFERING . 1 . It is not a dark doom, a cruel fate, a Blind necessity of things. Such were the ideas of the heathen. 2 . Its cause may be known. This is ever a great solace—to be persuaded that our troubles lie in the reason of things, that nothing is chance or caprice. 3 . That cause is in the Divine mind and will. The power... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:11-12

Wrong views of affliction, and the right one Sorrow is a very large ingredient in the cup of human life. It begins so early and lasts so long; it lies so near the surface and it strikes so deep into our nature; it is so certain that we shall meet with it before long, and so likely that we may renew our acquaintance with it very soon, that they must be unwise indeed who do not prepare for its coming, and they must be losers indeed who do not know how to treat it when it knocks at their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:12

In this verse the motive for submissiveness to Jehovah's corrections is brought forward. They are corrections, but they are the corrections of love. One of the most touching relationships of life, and that with which we are most familiar, viz. that of father and son, is employed to reconcile us to Jehovah's afflictive dispensations. A comparison is drawn. God corrects those whom he loves after the same manner as a father corrects ("correcteth" has to be understood from the first hemistich) the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:9-10

Proverbs 3:9-10. 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 the first-fruits under the law. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty This is not the way to diminish thy estate, as covetous and profane persons allege, but rather to increase it. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:9-10

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