Proverbs 18:7
18:7 The mouth of a fool is his ruin,
and his lips are a snare for his life.
Leviticus 5:15
5:15 “When a person commits a trespass
and sins by straying unintentionally
from the regulations about the Lord’s holy things,
then he must bring his penalty for guilt
to the
Lord, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel,
for a guilt offering.
Leviticus 22:10-15
22:10 “‘No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest’s lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy,
22:11 but if a priest buys a person with his own money, that person may eat the holy offerings, and those born in the priest’s own house may eat his food.
22:12 If a priest’s daughter marries a lay person, she may not eat the holy contribution offerings,
22:13 but if a priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food, but no lay person may eat it.
22:14 “‘If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest.
22:15 They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the Lord,
Leviticus 27:30
Redemption of the Tithe
27:30 “‘Any tithe of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.
Malachi 3:8-10
3:8 Can a person rob
God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!
3:9 You are bound for judgment
because you are robbing me – this whole nation is guilty.
3:10 “Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the Lord who rules over all, “to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all.