Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

The firstborn

General references

Bible References

Shalt not delay

Exodus 23:16
and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sow in the field, and the feast of ingathering at the end of the year, when thou gather in thy labors out of the field.
Deuteronomy 26:2
that thou shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shall bring in from thy land that LORD thy God gives thee, and thou shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which LORD thy God shall choose to
2 Kings 4:42
And a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat.
2 Chronicles 31:5
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the sons of Israel gave in abundance the first-fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field. And they brought in the tithe of all things abundantly.
Proverbs 3:9
Honor LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase,
Ezekiel 20:40
For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says lord LORD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings, and the fi
Micah 7:1
Woe is me! For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. My soul desires the first ripe fig.
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Romans 8:23
And not only so, but also ourselves who have the first fruit of the Spirit. And we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
James 1:18
Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures.

The firstborn

Exodus 13:2
Sanctify to me all the first-born, whatever opens the womb among the sons of Israel. Both of man and of beast, it is mine.
Exodus 34:19
All that opens the womb is mine, and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep.

General references

Proverbs 3:9
Honor LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase,