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

Have need

Knowest

Romans 2:17

Wretched

Matthew 5:3

Romans 7:24

Blind

Isaiah 42:19

John 9:40

2 Peter 1:9

General references

Bible References

I am

"I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."

Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, 'Blessed be Yahweh, for I am rich;' and their own shepherds don't pity them.

He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

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

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don't be conceited, but fear;

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.

Have need

lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein;

lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

Generation, consider the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, 'We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?'

When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

Knowest

Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God,

Wretched

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

Blind

Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?

Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"

For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

General references

You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn't fall.