Revelation 3:17

Revelation · New Testament · Chapter 3

“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:”Revelation 3:17

What Does Revelation 3:17 Mean?

Revelation 3:17 is found in the book of Revelation, chapter 3, verse 17 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Key themes in this passage include Poverty & Wealth.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Revelation 3:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”Proverbs 13:7“There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.”Isaiah 64:6“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”Romans 7:24“O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”Hosea 12:8“And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.”Psalms 72:12“For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.”1 Corinthians 10:12“Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”Revelation 2:9“I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.”Matthew 9:12“But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.”Revelation 16:15“Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”Luke 1:53“He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.”Deuteronomy 8:12“Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;”Romans 10:3“For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.”Luke 18:11“The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.”John 9:40“And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?”Genesis 3:7“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”Proverbs 26:12“Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.”Luke 11:35“Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.”Romans 12:3“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”2 Peter 1:9“But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.”

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