proverbs-3:8-10-niv1984

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:7-8

Proverbs 3:7-8. Be not wise in thine own eyes Be not puffed up with a vain conceit of thine own wisdom, as if that were sufficient for the conduct of all thine affairs, without direction and assistance from God, or without the advice of others. Fear the Lord, &c. This he adds, because reverence for, and a dread of, the Divine Majesty, will make a man, when he compares himself with God, little and vile in his own eyes. Reverence God’s wisdom, and despise thine own. It shall be health... 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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:1-35

The whole life for God (3:1-35)Obedience and loyalty to God, in addition to guaranteeing his favour, produce the kind of life that most people acknowledge as honourable (3:1-4). If, instead of trusting in their own wisdom and ability, people live in an attitude of reverential trust in God, they can be assured that God will direct them in all their affairs. God will remove obstacles and lead them to their desired goals (5-8).Personal income is one part of everyday life where people must honour... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 3:8

health = healing. Occurs only here. navel. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part) for the whole body ( App-6 ). But Septuagint and Syriac, following a different spelling, read "body". marrow = moistening. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 3:9

Honour . . . substance. This proverb has led to a universal custom. Compare 1Ti 5:3 , 1 Timothy 5:17 . Acts 5:2 ("price" = honour); Proverbs 19:19 . Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 14:20 . Hebrews 7:2 ); Jacob (Genesis 28:22 ); David (1 Chronicles 29:1-5 , 1 Chronicles 29:28 ); Widow (Mark 12:41-44 ); Woman (Mark 14:3-9 ); Cornelius (Acts 10:2 , Acts 10:4 ); Philippians (Proverbs 4:15-19 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 3:10

presses = wine-vats. Hebrew. yekeb. Not gath ; a wine-press. burst out = overflow. new wine. Hebrew. tirosh. App-27 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 3:8

Proverbs 3:8. Health to thy navel— Many expositors, after the LXX, render this, It shall be health to thy flesh, or to thy body, instead of thy navel: but the learned Schultens has shewn that the word is properly rendered here, and according to the genius of eastern language, which by the navel expresses the middle or centre; a figure usual with the Greeks also, who called Delphos the navel of the earth, because they thought that that oracle was placed in the centre of the earth. It appears,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:7-8

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:1-35

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 3:8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 3:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 3:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 3:8

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