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, having taken his stand, was praying these things with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-collector!
1 Corinthians 4:8
Have ye already become satisfied? Did ye already become rich? Did ye reign without us? I wish, at least, that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
2 Peter 2:19
promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what one is overcome by this he has become enslaved.
Revelation 3:17
Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing'; and do not know that you are the wretched one, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked!
That maketh himself poor
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are highly esteemed; but we are without honor.
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness may be of God, and not from ourselves;
Revelation 2:9
"I know your tribulation, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.