Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings. Treasury of Scripture a man. Psalm 29:2 Give to the LORD the glory due to his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. Proverbs 3:9,10 Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the first fruits of all your increase... Matthew 22:21 They say to him, Caesar's. Then said he to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things which are Caesar's... Mark 12:17 And Jesus answering said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's... Luke 20:25 And he said to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and to God the things which be God's. Romans 13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. In. Malachi 1:8,13 And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil... Leviticus 5:15,16 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD... Leviticus 27:2-34 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When a man shall make a singular vow... Numbers 18:21-32 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve... Joshua 7:11 Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing... Nehemiah 13:4-14 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied to Tobiah... Romans 2:22 You that say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? you that abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege?
Context Robbing God
6For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed. 7Even from the days of your fathers you are gone away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, said the LORD of hosts. But you said, Wherein shall we return? 8Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings. 9You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, said 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. 11And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, said the LORD of hosts. 12And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightsome land, said the LORD of hosts. 13Your words have been stout against me, said the LORD. Yet you say, What have we spoken so much against you? 14You have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? 15And now we call the proud happy; yes, they that work wickedness are set up; yes, they that tempt God are even delivered. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Shall a man afflict God? for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits.
Darby Bible Translation
Will a man rob God? But ye rob me. And ye say, Wherein do we rob thee? In tithes and heave-offerings.
King James Bible
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Young's Literal Translation
Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: 'In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering!
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