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Revelation 3:17

WEB

17Because 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;

KJV

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:

BSB

17You 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.

FBV

17You say to yourselves, ‘I'm rich, I have wealth, and don't need anything.’ But you don't know that you are miserable and pitiful and poor and blind and naked.

Related Resources

Book of Revelation Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject
How Do I Tell If I Am Lukewarm? - Desiring God
The Hopelessness of the Stubbornly Blind (John 9:35-41) | John MacArthur - Grace to You

Extra References

Proverbs 13:7

7There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

Hosea 12:8

8Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”

Romans 7:24

24What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

Revelation 2:9

9“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Revelation 16:15

15“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”

Luke 1:53

53He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

12lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them; 13and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; 14then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

Matthew 9:12

12When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

John 9:40-41

40Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”

41Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

Genesis 3:7

7Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.