Revelation 3:17

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:

I am

1 Corinthians 4:8

Have need

Matthew 9:12

Knowest

Romans 2:17

Wretched

Matthew 5:3

Romans 7:24

Blind

John 9:40

2 Peter 1:9

General references

Luke 11:35

1 Corinthians 10:12

Bible References

I am

I know your persecution and your poverty??ut you are rich! I know the reviling of those who say that they themselves are Jews, when they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

"The hungry he has filled with good things, But the rich he has sent empty away.

"But woe to you rich! For you already have received your consolation.

"The Pharisee stood apart and thus began to pray by himself. "'O God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer;

True, through their unbelief they were broken off, and by your faith you stand. Do not be puffed up, but fear;

For, through the grace that was given to me, I tell every man among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think, as to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God has given him.

But you, forsooth, are already full, are you? You are already rich? Without us you are already reigning? Yes, and I would that you did reign, so that we also might reign with you.

Have need

"It is not those who are well," said Jesus, when he heard this, "but the sick, who need a doctor.

Knowest

Now if you bear the name of a Jew, and rely upon law, and boast yourself in God,

Wretched

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Oh, wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from this slave of death?

Blind

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked, "We are not blind, are we?"

For the man who lacks these virtues is blind, short-sighted, forgetful of his cleansing from his old sins.

General references

"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.

So then let him who imagines that he is standing so securely beware lest he fall.