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Malachi 3:8

Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.

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ASV

Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

KJV

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲיִקְבַּ֨עha.yik.Ba'¿ will he robH6906 →
אָדָ֜ם'a.DamsomeoneH120 →
אֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
אַתֶּם֙'a.TemyouH859 →
קֹבְעִ֣יםkoe.'Im[are] robbingH6906 →
אֹתִ֔י'o.Ti<obj.> meH853 →
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.Temand you sayH559 →
בַּמֶּ֣הba.Meh<in> how?H4100 →
קְבַעֲנ֑וּךָke.va.'a.Nu.chahave we robbed youH6906 →
הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֖רha.ma.'a.Serthe titheH4643 →
וְהַתְּרוּמָֽה׃ve.ha.te.ru.Mahand the contributionH8641 →

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Proverbs 3:9–10Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;Matthew 22:21“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”Mark 12:17Then Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” And they marveled at Him.Psalms 29:2Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.Numbers 18:21–32Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.Luke 20:25So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”Malachi 1:13You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.Romans 2:22You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?Leviticus 27:2–34“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,Joshua 7:11Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.Romans 13:7Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.Luke 11:42Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. SelahNehemiah 13:4–14Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our GodMalachi 1:8When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.Leviticus 5:15–16“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.Nehemiah 13:10I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.Mark 10:20“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”

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About Malachi

Ezra Reads the Law to the People — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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