10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. …
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: …
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)We have here God’s controversy with the men of that generation, for deserting his service and robbing him—wicked servants indeed, that not only run away from their Master, but run away with their Master’s goods. I. They had run away from their Master, and quitted the work he gave them to do (Mal. 3:7): You have gone away from my ordinances and have not kept them . The ordinances of God’s worship w…
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