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Rev 3:17 — 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I am		Rev 2:9; Pro 13:7; Hsa 12:8; Zec 11:5; Luk 1:53; Luk 6:24; Luk 18:11,12; Rom 11:20,25; Rom 12:3; 1Cr 4:8-10
have need		Deu 8:12-14; Pro 30:9; Jer 2:31; Mat 9:12
knowest		Rom 2:17-23
wretched		Mat 5:3; Rom 7:24
blind		Isa 42:19; Jhn 9:40,41; 2Pe 1:9
naked		Rev 16:15; Gen 3:7,10,11; Exd 32:35

Correlating Passages

I am

	Rev 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.
	Pro 13:7	There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.
	Hsa 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.
	Zec 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: and their own shepherds pity them not.
	Luk 1:53	He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
	Luk 6:24	But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
	Luk 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.
	Luk 18:12	I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
	Rom 11:20	Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
	Rom 11:25	For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
	Rom 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.
	1Cr 4:8	Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
	1Cr 4:9	For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
	1Cr 4:10	We [are] fools for Christ's sake, but ye [are] wise in Christ; we [are] weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are] honourable, but we [are] despised.

have need

	Deu 8:12	Lest [when] thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein];
	Deu 8:13	And [when] thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
	Deu 8:14	Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
	Pro 30:9	Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].
	Jer 2:31	O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
	Mat 9:12	But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

knowest

	Rom 2:17	Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
	Rom 2:18	And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
	Rom 2:19	And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
	Rom 2:20	An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
	Rom 2:21	Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
	Rom 2:22	Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
	Rom 2:23	Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

wretched

	Mat 5:3	Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
	Rom 7:24	O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

blind

	Isa 42:19	Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
	Jhn 9:40	And [some] of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
	Jhn 9:41	Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
	2Pe 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.

naked

	Rev 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.
	Gen 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.
	Gen 3:10	And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.
	Gen 3:11	And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
	Exd 32:35	And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

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Scott, Thomas. "Revelation 3:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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