Bible Cross References
is that maketh himself rich
Proverbs 13:11
The more easily you get your wealth, the sooner you will lose it. The harder it is to earn, the more you will have.
Proverbs 12:9
It is better to be an ordinary person working for a living than to play the part of someone great but go hungry.
Luke 18:11-14
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The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, 'I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.
12
I fast two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all my income.'
13
But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, 'God, have pity on me, a sinner!'
14
I tell you," said Jesus, "the tax collector, and not the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."
1 Corinthians 4:8
Do you already have everything you need? Are you already rich? Have you become kings, even though we are not? Well, I wish you really were kings, so that we could be kings together with you.
2 Peter 2:19
They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of destructive habits---for we are slaves of anything that has conquered us.
Revelation 3:17
You say, 'I am rich and well off; I have all I need.' But you do not know how miserable and pitiful you are! You are poor, naked, and blind.
that maketh himself poor
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Invest your money in foreign trade, and one of these days you will make a profit.
Ecclesiastes 11:2
Put your investments in several places---many places even---because you never know what kind of bad luck you are going to have in this world.
1 Corinthians 4:10
For Christ's sake we are fools; but you are wise in union with Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! We are despised, but you are honored!
1 Corinthians 4:11
To this very moment we go hungry and thirsty; we are clothed in rags; we are beaten; we wander from place to place;
2 Corinthians 4:7
Yet we who have this spiritual treasure are like common clay pots, in order to show that the supreme power belongs to God, not to us.
Revelation 2:9
I know your troubles; I know that you are poor---but really you are rich! I know the evil things said against you by those who claim to be Jews but are not; they are a group that belongs to Satan!