Revelation 2:9 Cross References
Revelation 2:9
9: "I know about your suffering and your poverty--but you are rich! I know the slander of those opposing you. They say they are Jews, but they really aren't because theirs is a synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 3:9
- Look! I will force those who belong to Satan--those liars who say they are Jews but are not--to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love.
James 2:5
- Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn't God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren't they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?
- And yet, you insult the poor man! Isn't it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
2 Corinthians 8:9
- You know how full of love and kindness our Lord Jesus Christ was. Though he was very rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.
Romans 9:6
- Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promise to the Jews? No, for not everyone born into a Jewish family is truly a Jew!
Romans 2:28
- For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the Jewish ceremony of circumcision.
- No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not a cutting of the body but a change of heart produced by God's Spirit. Whoever has that kind of change seeks praise from God, not from people.
Luke 6:20
- Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said, "God blesses you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is given to you.
2 Corinthians 6:10
- Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything.
2 Corinthians 8:2
- Though they have been going through much trouble and hard times, their wonderful joy and deep poverty have overflowed in rich generosity.
Romans 8:35
- Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in danger or threatened with death?
Romans 5:3
- We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us--they help us learn to endure.
Romans 12:12
- Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful.
1 Timothy 6:18
- Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and should give generously to those in need, always being ready to share with others whatever God has given them.
Revelation 3:17
- You say, 'I am rich. I have everything I want. I don't need a thing!' And you don't realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.
- I advise you to buy gold from me--gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. And also buy white garments so you will not be shamed by your nakedness. And buy ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see.
1 Thessalonians 3:4
- Even while we were with you, we warned you that troubles would soon come--and they did, as you well know.
Revelation 2:2
- "I know all the things you do. I have seen your hard work and your patient endurance. I know you don't tolerate evil people. You have examined the claims of those who say they are apostles but are not. You have discovered they are liars.
2 Thessalonians 1:6
- and in his justice he will punish those who persecute you.
- And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,
Luke 4:18
- "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has appointed me to preach Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the downtrodden will be freed from their oppressors,
Matthew 4:10
- "Get out of here, Satan," Jesus told him. "For the Scriptures say, 'You must worship the Lord your God; serve only him.'"
Acts 26:11
- Many times I had them whipped in the synagogues to try to get them to curse Christ. I was so violently opposed to them that I even hounded them in distant cities of foreign lands.
Luke 12:21
- "Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God."
Acts 14:22
- where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that they must enter into the Kingdom of God through many tribulations.
John 16:33
- I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."
Romans 2:17
- If you are a Jew, you are relying on God's law for your special relationship with him. You boast that all is well between yourself and God.
Luke 22:65
- And they threw all sorts of terrible insults at him.
1 Timothy 1:13
- even though I used to scoff at the name of Christ. I hunted down his people, harming them in every way I could. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.
Revelation 7:14
- And I said to him, "Sir, you are the one who knows." Then he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white.