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"Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say,‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!"
— Malachi 3:8, NET Bible
“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.”
“Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. ”
“Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.”
“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the resident foreigner and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
Resistance to the Lord through Selfishness“Since, I, the LORD, do not go back on my promises, you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.
From the days of your ancestors you have ignored my commandments and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“But you say,‘How should we return?’
Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say,‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!
You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me– this whole nation is guilty.
“Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out blessing for you until there is no room for it all.
Then I will stop the plague from ruining your crops, and the vine will not lose its fruit before harvest,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.