Revelation 3:17

New Century Version

You say, ‘I am rich, and I have become wealthy and do not need anything.’ But you do not know that you are really miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

Cross References

Genesis 3:7

Then, it was as if their eyes were opened. They realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made something to cover themselves.

Exodus 32:35

So the Lord caused terrible things to happen to the people because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

Proverbs 13:7

Some people pretend to be rich but really have nothing. Others pretend to be poor but really are wealthy.

Proverbs 30:9

If I have too much, I might reject you and say, ‘I don’t know the Lord.’ If I am poor, I might steal and disgrace the name of my God.

Isaiah 42:19

No one is more blind than my servant Israel or more deaf than the messenger I send. No one is more blind than the person I own or more blind than the servant of the Lord.

Jeremiah 2:31

“People of Judah, pay attention to the word of the Lord: Have I been like a desert to the people of Israel or like a dark and dangerous land? Why do my people say, ‘We are free to wander. We won’t come to you anymore’?

Hosea 12:8

Israel said, “I am rich! I am someone with power!” All their money will do them no good because of the sins they have done.

Zechariah 11:5

Their buyers kill them and are not punished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich.’ Even the shepherds don’t feel sorry for their sheep.

Matthew 5:3

“They are blessed who realize their spiritual poverty, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Matthew 9:12

When Jesus heard them, he said, “It is not the healthy people who need a doctor, but the sick.

Luke 1:53

He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with nothing.

Luke 6:24

“But how terrible it will be for you who are rich, because you have had your easy life.

Romans 11:20

That is true. But those branches were broken off because they did not believe, and you continue to be part of the tree only because you believe. Do not be proud, but be afraid.

Romans 11:25

I want you to understand this secret, brothers and sisters, so you will understand that you do not know everything: Part of Israel has been made stubborn, but that will change when many who are not Jews have come to God.

Romans 12:3

Because God has given me a special gift, I have something to say to everyone among you. Do not think you are better than you are. You must decide what you really are by the amount of faith God has given you.

Romans 7:24

What a miserable man I am! Who will save me from this body that brings me death?

2 Peter 1:9

But anyone who does not have these things cannot see clearly. He is blind and has forgotten that he was made clean from his past sins.

Revelation 16:15

“Listen! I will come as a thief comes! Blessed are those who stay awake and keep their clothes on so that they will not walk around naked and have people see their shame.”

Revelation 2:9

I know your troubles and that you are poor, but really you are rich! I know the bad things some people say about you. They say they are Jews, but they are not true Jews. They are a synagogue that belongs to Satan.

Revelation 3:16

But because you are lukewarm—neither hot, nor cold—I am ready to spit you out of my mouth.