Ecclesiastes 5:14

Easy To Read Version

And then something bad happens and he loses everything. So that person has nothing to give to his son.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:26

Shishak took the treasures from the Lord’s temple and from the king’s palace. He even took the gold shields that David had taken from the officers of Hadadezer, king of Aram. David had taken these shields to Jerusalem. But Shishak took all the gold shields.

Job 1:21

He said:

Job 5:5

Hungry people ate all his crops.\par Those hungry people took even\par the grain growing among the thorns.\par Greedy people took all they had.\par

Psalm 39:6

Our life is like an image \{in a mirror\}. {\cf2\super [239]} \par We rush through life collecting things,\par but we don’t know who will get them\par \{after we die\}.\par

Psalm 49:18

A wealthy person might really congratulate himself\par on how well he has done in life.\par And yes, even other people might praise him for how well he had done for himself.\par

Proverbs 23:5

Money goes very quickly, as if it grows wings and flies away like a bird.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If a person does good and pleases God, then God will give that person wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But a person that sins will get only the work of gathering and carrying things. God takes from the bad person and gives to the good person. But all this work is useless. It is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [14]}

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a very sad thing that I have seen happen in this life. A person saves his money for the future. {\cf2\super [26]}

Ecclesiastes 5:15

A person comes into the world from his mother’s body with nothing. And when that person dies, he leaves the same way—with nothing. He works hard to get things. But he can take nothing with him when he dies.

Haggai 1:9

The Lord All-Powerful says, “You people look for a big harvest. But when you go to gather the crop, there is only a little grain. So you bring that grain home. And then I \{send a wind that\} blows it all away! Why are these things happening? Why? Because my house is still in ruins while each of you runs home to take care of his own house.

1 Samuel 2:36

Then all the people who are left in your family will come and bow down before this priest. They will beg for a little money or a piece of bread. They will say, “Please give me a job as priest so I can have some food to eat.”’”