Passage
Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.
Proverbs 3:9 (GNV)
Nearby Context
Proverbs 3:7 Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.
Proverbs 3:8 So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.
Proverbs 3:9 Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.
Proverbs 3:10 So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.
Proverbs 3:11 My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "honour", "lord", "riches", "first", "fruites", "thine", and "increase". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "honour" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 8's "So health shalbe vnto thy nauel and..." into verse 10's "So shall thy barnes be filled with...", so "honour" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "honour" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.