Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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:
Have need
Knowest
Wretched
Blind
General references
Bible References
I am
Revelation 2:9
I know of your distress and poverty??hough you are rich!?? know how you are slandered by those who claim to be Jews when they are not so, but only a synagogue of Satan!
Luke 1:53
He has satisfied the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty-handed.
Luke 6:24
"But alas for you who are rich, for you have had your comfort!
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector.
Romans 11:20
That is true; but it was for their want of faith that they were broken off, and it is through your faith that you stand where you do. You ought not to feel proud; you ought to be afraid,
Romans 12:3
By the favor that God has shown me, I would tell every one of you not to think too highly of himself, but to think reasonably, judging himself by the degree of faith God has allowed him.
1 Corinthians 4:8
Are you satisfied already? Have you become rich already? Have you entered your kingdom without waiting for us? I wish you had entered it, so that we might share it with you!
Have need
Matthew 9:12
But he heard it, and said, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor!
Knowest
Romans 2:17
Suppose you call yourself a Jew, and rely on law, and boast about God,
Wretched
Matthew 5:3
"Blessed are those who feel their spiritual need, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them!
Romans 7:24
What a wretched man I am! Who can save me from this doomed body?
Blind
John 9:40
Some Pharisees who were present heard this, and they said to him, "Then are we blind too?"
2 Peter 1:9
For whoever lacks these qualities is blind or near-sighted, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his former sins.
General references
Luke 11:35
So take care! Your very light may be darkness!
1 Corinthians 10:12
So the man who thinks he can stand must be on his guard against a fall.