Ecclesiastes 5:14

Catholic Public Domain Version

Just as he went forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and he shall take nothing with him from his labors.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:26

And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the royal treasures, and he plundered everything, including the shields of gold that Solomon had made.

Job 1:21

and he said, "Naked I departed from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Just as it pleased the Lord, so has it been done. Blessed be the name of the Lord."

Job 5:5

Their harvest, the starving will eat. The armed man will rob him, and the thirsty will drink his resources.

Psalm 39:6

You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.

Psalm 49:18

If you saw a thief, you ran with him, and you have placed your portion with adulterers.

Proverbs 23:5

Do not raise your eyes toward wealth that you are not able to have. For they will make themselves wings, like those of an eagle, and they will fly in the sky.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God has given, to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and rejoicing. But to the sinner, he has given affliction and needless worrying, so as to add, and to gather, and to deliver, to him who has pleased God. But this, too, is emptiness and a hollow worrying of the mind.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

For they are lost in a most grievous affliction. He has produced a son, who will be in the utmost destitution.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

It is an utterly miserable infirmity that, in the same manner as he has arrived, so shall he return. How then does it benefit him, since he has labored for the wind?

Haggai 1:9

You have looked for more, and behold, it became less, and you brought it home, and I blew it away. What is the cause of this, says the Lord of hosts? It is because my house is desolate, yet you have hurried, each one to his own house.

1 Samuel 2:36

Then this will be in the future, that whoever will have remained of your house, he will approach so that he may pray on his behalf. And he will offer a coin of silver, and a twist of bread. And he will say: 'Permit me, I beg you, one part of the priestly office, so that I may eat a mouthful of bread.' "