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Revelation 3:17

You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing,’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

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:

Geneva Bible 1599

For thou saiest, I am rich and increased with goods, and haue neede of nothing, and knowest not howe thou art wretched and miserable, and poore, and blinde, and naked.

Darby 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;

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,

Bible in Basic English

For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.

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Cross references

“I am”

Proverbs 13:7 Hosea 12:8 Revelation 2:9 Luke 1:53 Romans 12:3 1 Corinthians 4:8–10

Proverbs 13:7 · BSB

One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Hosea 12:8 · BSB

And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

Revelation 2:9 · BSB

I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.

Luke 1:53 · BSB

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

Romans 12:3 · BSB

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

1 Corinthians 4:8–10 · BSB

Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!

“have need”

Deuteronomy 8:12–14 Matthew 9:12 Proverbs 30:9 Jeremiah 2:31

Deuteronomy 8:12–14 · BSB

Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,

Matthew 9:12 · BSB

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Proverbs 30:9 · BSB

Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

Jeremiah 2:31 · BSB

You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

“knowest”

Romans 2:17–23

Romans 2:17–23 · BSB

Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

“wretched”

Romans 7:24 Matthew 5:3

Romans 7:24 · BSB

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

Matthew 5:3 · BSB

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“blind”

2 Peter 1:9 Isaiah 42:19 John 9:40 John 9:41

2 Peter 1:9 · BSB

But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

Isaiah 42:19 · BSB

Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?

John 9:40 · BSB

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”

John 9:41 · BSB

“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”

“naked”

Revelation 16:15 Genesis 3:7 Exodus 32:35 Genesis 3:10 Genesis 3:11

Revelation 16:15 · BSB

“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

Genesis 3:7 · BSB

And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

Exodus 32:35 · BSB

And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.

Genesis 3:10 · BSB

“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

Genesis 3:11 · BSB

“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!

18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

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