Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: Treasury of Scripture I am. Revelation 2:9 I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but you are rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews... Proverbs 13:7 There is that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is that makes himself poor, yet has great riches. Hosea 12:8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance... Zechariah 11:5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich... Luke 1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he has sent empty away. Luke 6:24 But woe to you that are rich! for you have received your consolation. Luke 18:11,12 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are, extortionists, unjust, adulterers... Romans 11:20,25 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Be not high minded, but fear... Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think... 1 Corinthians 4:8-10 Now you are full, now you are rich, you have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God you did reign... have need. Deuteronomy 8:12-14 Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and dwelled therein... Proverbs 30:9 Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Jeremiah 2:31 O generation, see you the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why say my people, We are lords... Matthew 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said to them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. knowest. Romans 2:17-23 Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God... wretched. Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? blind. Isaiah 42:19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect... John 9:40,41 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said to him, Are we blind also... 2 Peter 1:9 But he that lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. naked. Revelation 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. Genesis 3:7,10,11 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together... Exodus 32:35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
Context Message to the Church in Laodicea
14And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things said the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would you were cold or hot. 16So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth. 17Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness do not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because thou sayest: I am rich, and made wealthy, and have need of nothing: and knowest not, that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.
Darby Bible Translation
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;
King James Bible
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:
Young's Literal Translation
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,
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