35 Bible Verses About Tithing That Unlock Heaven’s Windows

Tithing can feel scary when you’re already struggling to make ends meet. Looking at that paycheck and setting aside ten percent for God seems impossible when bills are piling up and expenses keep rising. You might wonder if God really expects you to give when you barely have enough, or if tithing is just an outdated Old Testament practice that doesn’t apply today.

But here’s what Scripture reveals: tithing isn’t about what you can afford to give God. It’s about what you can’t afford not to give. Throughout the Bible, we see God connecting our giving with His blessing, our faithfulness with His provision, and our obedience with opened heavens. When Malachi challenged Israel to test God in tithing, he wasn’t speaking to people who had extra money lying around. He was addressing a struggling nation facing economic hardship.

These verses aren’t just ancient commands; they’re invitations to partnership with Heaven. God doesn’t need your money, but He wants your heart. Tithing is ultimately about trust, declaring that God is your source and that His kingdom takes priority in your life. When you honor God with your firstfruits, you position yourself to experience supernatural provision that defies natural logic.

Bible Verses About Tithing That Unlock Heaven’s Windows

1. Malachi 3:10 – Test Me in This

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

New International Version (NIV)

2. Leviticus 27:30 – A Tithe of Everything Belongs to the Lord

Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.

English Standard Version (ESV)

3. Genesis 14:20 – Abram Gave Him a Tenth

And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all.

New King James Version (NKJV)

4. Deuteronomy 14:23 – Learn to Revere the Lord Always

Bring this tithe to the designated place of worship—the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to be honored—and eat it there in his presence. This applies to your tithes of grain, new wine, olive oil, and the firstborn males of your flocks and herds. Doing this will teach you always to fear the Lord your God.

New Living Translation (NLT)

5. Proverbs 3:9-10 – Honor the Lord with Your Wealth

Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will burst open with new wine.

Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

6. Numbers 18:26 – A Tithe of the Tithe

Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, ‘When you take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the Lord, a tithe of the tithe.

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

7. Genesis 28:22 – Jacob’s Vow to Give a Tenth

And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

King James Version (KJV)

8. 2 Chronicles 31:5 – Israelites Gave Generously

As soon as the word spread, the Israelites gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.

New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

9. Luke 11:42 – You Should Tithe

You’re hopeless, you Pharisees! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but manage to find loopholes for getting around basic matters of justice and God’s love. Careful bookkeeping is commendable, but the basics are required.

The Message (MSG)

10. Hebrews 7:8 – Here Mortal Men Receive Tithes

In the one case, tithes are received by men who are subject to death; but in the other case, they are received by one of whom the witness is that he lives on.

Amplified Bible (AMP)

11. Matthew 23:23 – You Should Have Practiced These

Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

New English Translation (NET)

12. Deuteronomy 12:6 – Bring Your Tithes

You shall bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your contributions, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and flock.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

13. Nehemiah 10:37 – We Will Bring the Tithe

We will also bring the first part of our coarse meal, our offerings, the fruit of every tree, wine, and olive oil to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God. We will bring to the Levites the tenth part of our land’s produce, since the Levites are the ones who collect the tenth part in all our farming towns.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

14. 1 Corinthians 16:2 – Set Aside a Sum of Money

On the first day of every week each of you should put aside some money in proportion to what you have earned and save it up, so that there will be no need to take up a collection when I come.

Good News Translation (GNT)

15. 2 Chronicles 31:12 – They Faithfully Brought in the Contributions

The people faithfully brought in their offerings, the tenth of everything, and the special gifts. Conaniah the Levite was in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was second to him.

New Century Version (NCV)

16. Amos 4:4 – Bring Your Tithes Every Three Days

Come to Bethel and rebel! Come to Gilgal and rebel even more! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.

International Standard Version (ISV)

17. Deuteronomy 26:12 – The Year of Tithing

When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.

Tree of Life Version (TLV)

18. Numbers 18:21 – I Give to the Levites All the Tithes

“Look! I have given to the descendants of Levi every tithe in Israel as an inheritance in exchange for their service that they perform, the service of the tent of meeting.

Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19. 1 Samuel 8:15 – He Will Take a Tenth of Your Grain

He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

World English Bible (WEB)

20. 2 Chronicles 31:6 – A Tithe of Holy Things

And the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated unto Jehovah their God, and laid them by heaps.

American Standard Version (ASV)

21. Deuteronomy 14:28 – At the End of Every Three Years

At the end of every three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your produce in the same year, and lay it up within your towns.

Revised Standard Version (RSV)

22. Nehemiah 13:5 – Where They Had Previously Put the Grain Offerings

He had prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the cereal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.

New American Bible (NAB)

23. Malachi 3:8 – Will a Man Rob God?

Will a man rob God? yet you have robbed me. But you say: Wherein have we robbed thee? in tithes and in offerings.

Douay-Rheims Bible (DRB)

24. Hebrews 7:9 – Levi Also Paid Tithes Through Abraham

And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes.

English Revised Version (ERV)

25. Nehemiah 12:44 – For the Portions Required by the Law

Also on that day men have been appointed over the chambers for treasures, for heave-offerings, for first-fruits, and for tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for priests, and for Levites, for the joy of Judah is over the priests, and over the Levites, who are standing up.

Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)

26. 1 Kings 17:13 – First Make Me a Small Cake

And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go, do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a small cake first, and bring it to me; and afterwards make for thee and for thy son.

Darby Translation (DARBY)

27. Hebrews 7:2 – Abraham Gave Him a Tenth of Everything

It was to him also that Abraham gave a tenth part of all [the spoil]. He is primarily, as his name signifies, ‘king of righteousness,’ and then he is also king of Salem, which means king of peace.

Weymouth New Testament (WNT)

28. Deuteronomy 12:11 – All That I Command You

Thanne in the place which youre Lord God chees, that his name be therein; thider ye schulen bere alle thingis whiche Y comaunde to you, brent sacrifices, and slayn sacrifices, and tithis, and the firste fruytis of youre hondis.

Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

29. Numbers 18:24 – I Have Given to the Levites for Inheritance

For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heaue offering vnto the Lord, I haue giuen to the Leuites to inherite: therefore I haue said vnto them, Among the children of Israel they shall haue no inheritance.

Geneva Bible (GNV)

30. Leviticus 27:32 – Every Tenth Animal

And concerning the tithe of the droue, or of the flocke, euen of whatsoeuer goeth vnder the rodde, the tenth shalbe holy vnto the Lord.

Bishop’s Bible

31. Deuteronomy 12:17 – You May Not Eat Within Your Gates

Thou mayst not eate wythin thy gates the tythe of thy corne, of thy wyne & of thy oyle, ether the firstborne of thy kyne or of thy shepe, nether any of thy vowes which thou vowest, nor thy freewyll offerynges or heaue offerynges of thyne handes.

Tyndale Bible

32. 2 Corinthians 9:6 – Whoever Sows Sparingly

But remember this: if you give little, you will get little. A farmer who plants only a few seeds will get only a small crop, but if he plants much, he will reap much.

The Living Bible (TLB)

33. Luke 6:38 – Give and It Will Be Given

Give generously and generous gifts will be given back to you, shaken down to make room for more. Abundant gifts will pour out upon you with such an overflowing measure that it will run over the top! Your measurement of generosity becomes the measurement of your return.

The Passion Translation (TPT)

34. 2 Corinthians 9:7 – God Loves a Cheerful Giver

Each person should give what he has decided in his heart to give. He shouldn’t give if he doesn’t want to. He shouldn’t give because he is forced to. God loves a cheerful giver.

The Voice Bible (VOICE)

35. Acts 20:35 – It Is More Blessed to Give

Everything I did was an example of how you should work to help everyone who is weak. Remember that our Lord Jesus said, ‘More blessings come from giving than from receiving.'”

New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

Our Thoughts On What the Bible Says About Tithing That Unlocks Heaven’s Windows

Tithing in Scripture is fundamentally about recognizing God’s ownership of everything and our role as stewards of His blessings. The tithe represents the first tenth, not the leftovers, demonstrating that God has priority in our finances. When Malachi challenged Israel to test God in tithing, he was addressing a nation that had become casual about honoring God with their finances, resulting in spiritual and economic drought.

The principle behind tithing goes beyond mere financial transaction; it’s about the heart posture of trust and worship. Throughout Scripture, we see that those who honored God with their firstfruits experienced supernatural provision and protection. The widow of Zarephath gave from her lack and experienced continuous supply. Abraham honored Melchizedek with tithes and received ongoing blessings from God.

What’s remarkable about biblical tithing is that it’s the only area where God specifically invites us to test Him. This isn’t about earning God’s love or manipulating Him for blessing, but about aligning ourselves with kingdom principles that release Heaven’s provision. When we tithe faithfully, we participate in God’s economy where giving leads to receiving, and obedience unlocks divine favor that extends far beyond financial blessing into every area of life.

Say This Prayer

Heavenly Father, I come to You acknowledging that everything I have comes from Your hand. You are the source of every blessing in my life, and I want to honor You with my finances just as You’ve commanded in Your Word.

I confess that sometimes I’ve been fearful about tithing, worried that I won’t have enough if I give You the first tenth. Forgive me for trusting in my ability to provide rather than trusting in Your faithful promises. Help me to see tithing not as a burden but as a privilege to partner with You in Your kingdom work.

Right now, I commit to honor You with my firstfruits. I choose to bring my tithes faithfully, trusting that You will open the windows of heaven and pour out blessings I cannot contain. Help me to be a cheerful giver, not giving out of compulsion but out of a heart of love and gratitude.

I declare that You are my Provider and my Source. Just as You provided for the widow of Zarephath and blessed Abraham for his faithful giving, I trust that You will meet all my needs as I honor You with my finances. Thank You for the privilege of giving and for the blessings that flow from obedience to Your Word.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.