Proverbs 3:9 (WEB)

Passage

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

Nearby Context

Proverbs 3:7 Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

Proverbs 3:8 It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

Proverbs 3:9 Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

Proverbs 3:10 so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

Proverbs 3:11 My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "honor", "yahweh", "substance", "first", "fruits", and "increase". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "honor" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "It will be health to your body..." into verse 10's "so your barns will be filled with...", so "honor" and "yahweh" 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 "honor" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.