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
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself thus: O God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
1 Corinthians 4:8
Already ye are full; already ye are rich; without us ye have become kings; and I would indeed ye were kings, that we also might reign with you.
2 Peter 2:19
promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by the same is he also brought into bondage.
Revelation 3:17
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten wealth, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable one, and poor, and blind, and naked,
That maketh himself poor
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for Christs sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are in honor, but we are despised.
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not of us;
Revelation 2:9
I know thy affliction and poverty, (but thou art rich,) and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.