Ecclesiastes 5:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:26

And took away all the stored wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the king's house, and all the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.

Job 1:21

With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.

Job 5:5

Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

Psalm 39:6

Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

Psalm 49:18

Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,

Proverbs 23:5

Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a great evil which I have seen under the sunwealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

Haggai 1:9

You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.

1 Samuel 2:36

Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.