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 becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.
Proverbs 12:9
Better is the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.
Luke 18:11
the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;
1 Corinthians 4:8
Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,
2 Peter 2:19
liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,
Revelation 3:17
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,
That maketh himself poor
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
1 Corinthians 4:10
we are fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we are ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;
2 Corinthians 4:7
And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;
Revelation 2:9
I have known thy works, and tribulation, and poverty -- yet thou art rich -- and the evil-speaking of those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of the Adversary.