Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Is that maketh himself rich
That maketh himself poor
Bible References
Is that maketh himself rich
Proverbs 13:11
Wealth from vanity shall be diminished: and he gathering with the hand, shall increase.
Proverbs 12:9
He is good being despised, and a servant to him above him, honoring himself, and wanting bread.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee having stood, prayed these to himself, O God, I return thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or also as this publican.
1 Corinthians 4:8
Already were ye satisfied, already were ye rich, without us ye reigned; and I would ye also reigned, that we also might reign together with you.
2 Peter 2:19
Promising them liberty, they being servants of corruption: for by whom any is conquered, by him has he been made to serve.
Revelation 3:17
For thou sayest, That I am rich, and have abounded, and have need of nothing; and thou knowest not that thou art wretched, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked;
That maketh himself poor
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Send forth thy bread upon the face of the waters, for in a multitude of days thou shalt find it
1 Corinthians 4:10
We foolish for Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we weak, and ye strong; ye honourable, and we dishonoured
2 Corinthians 4:7
And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the eminence of power be of God, and not of us.
Revelation 2:9
I know thy works, and pressure, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and the blasphemy of them saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but the synagogue of the adversary.