Malachi 3:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Will anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing me! But you say, “How are we robbing you?” In your tithes and offerings!

Cross References

Psalm 29:2

Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name; worship the Lord in holy splendor.

Proverbs 11:24

Some give freely yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due and only suffer want.

Isaiah 43:23

You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings or wearied you with frankincense.

Leviticus 19:25

But in the fifth year you may eat of their fruit, that their yield may be increased for you: I am the Lord your God.

Zechariah 5:3

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land, for everyone who has stolen, as is forbidden on one side, has gone unpunished, and everyone who has sworn falsely, as is forbidden on the other side, has gone unpunished.

Malachi 1:13

“What a weariness this is,” you say, and you sniff at it, says the Lord of hosts. You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the Lord.

Malachi 1:8

When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not wrong? Try presenting that to your governor; will he be pleased with you or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 22:21

They answered, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

Mark 12:17

Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were utterly amazed at him.

Luke 20:25

He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

Romans 13:7

Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Romans 2:22

You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

Joshua 7:11

Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I imposed on them. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have acted deceitfully, and they have put them among their own belongings.