Revelation 3:17 · KJV
“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
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and {that} the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Revelation 3 — Context
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17Because 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:
18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and {that} the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:7
There is that maketh himself rich, yet {hath} nothing: {there is} that maketh himself poor, yet {hath} great riches.
Romans 7:24
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? {the body...: or, this body of 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. {in all...: or, all my labours suffice me not: he shall have punishment of iniquity in whom is sin} {that: Heb. which}
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.
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 8:12-14
Lest {when} thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt {therein};
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.