Ecclesiastes 5:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Suddenly they lose everything in a bad business deal, then have nothing to leave for their children.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:26

He took everything of value from the temple and the palace, including Solomon's gold shields.

Job 1:21

and said: “We bring nothing at birth; we take nothing with us at death. The LORD alone gives and takes. Praise the name of the LORD!”

Job 5:5

Then hungry and greedy people gobble up their crops and grab their wealth.

Psalm 39:6

and it disappears like a shadow. Our struggles are senseless; we store up more and more, without ever knowing who will get it all.

Psalm 49:18

We humans are praised when we do well, and all of us are glad to be alive.

Proverbs 23:5

Your money flies away before you know it, just like an eagle suddenly taking off.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If we please God, he will make us wise, understanding, and happy. But if we sin, God will make us struggle for a living, then he will give all we own to someone who pleases him. This makes no more sense than chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

I have seen something terribly unfair. People get rich, but it does them no good.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

They came into this world naked, and when they die, they will be just as naked. They can't take anything with them, and they won't have anything to show for all their work.

Haggai 1:9

You expected much, but received only a little. And when you brought it home, I made that little disappear. Why have I done this? It's because you hurry off to build your own houses, while my temple is still in ruins.

1 Samuel 2:36

But if anyone is left from your family, he will come to my priest and beg for money or a little bread. He may even say to my priest, “Please let me be a priest, so I will at least have something to eat.”