Revelation 3:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.”
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“You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“because thou sayest--I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 3:17 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:7And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
- Genesis 3:10“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
- Exodus 32:35And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
- Deuteronomy 8:12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
- Proverbs 13:7One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
- Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
- Isaiah 42:19Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
- Jeremiah 2:31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
- Hosea 12:8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
- Zechariah 11:5whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
- Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 9:12On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
- Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
- Luke 6:24But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
- Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
- John 9:40Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
- Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
- Romans 7:24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
- Romans 11:20That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
- Romans 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
- Romans 12:3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
- 1 Corinthians 4:8Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!
- 2 Peter 1:9But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
- Revelation 2:9I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
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