Job 1:21

God's Word

He said, “Naked I came from my mother, and naked I will return. The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away! May the name of the Lord be praised.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow, you will produce food to eat until you return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became angry with Rachel and asked, “Can I take the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

Genesis 45:5

Now, don’t be sad or angry with yourselves that you sold me. God sent me ahead of you to save lives.

2 Samuel 16:12

Maybe the Lord will see my misery and turn his curse into a blessing for me today.”

1 Kings 12:15

The king refused to listen to the people because the Lord was directing these events to carry out the promise he had made to Jeroboam (Nebat’s son) through Ahijah from Shiloh.

2 Kings 20:19

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The Lord’s word that you have spoken is good.” He added, “Isn’t it enough if there is peace and security as long as I live?”

Nehemiah 9:5

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up, and thank the Lord your God: From everlasting to everlasting your glorious name is praised and lifted high above all blessing and praise.

Job 1:11

But now stretch out your hand, and strike everything he has. I bet he’ll curse you to your face.”

Job 2:10

He said to her, “You’re talking like a godless fool. We accept the good that God gives us. Shouldn’t we also accept the bad?” Through all this Job’s lips did not utter one sinful word.

Job 9:12

He takes something away, ⌞but⌟ who can stop him? Who is going to ask him, ‘What are you doing?’

Psalm 34:1

I will thank the Lord at all times. My mouth will always praise him.

Psalm 34:2

My soul will boast about the Lord. Those who are oppressed will hear it and rejoice.

Psalm 39:9

I remained speechless. I did not open my mouth because you are the one who has done this.

Psalm 49:17

He will not take anything with him when he dies. His greatness cannot follow him.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then the dust ⌞of mortals⌟ goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

These hoarded riches were then lost in bad business deals. The owners had children, but now they have nothing to give them.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

They came from their mother’s womb naked. They will leave as naked as they came. They won’t even be able to take a handful of their earnings with them from all their hard work.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

It is a gift from God when God gives some people wealth and possessions, the power to enjoy them, ⌞the ability⌟ to accept their lot in life, and ⌞the ability⌟ to rejoice in their own hard work.

Isaiah 24:15

Honor the Lord in the east. Honor the name of the Lord God of Israel along the coastlands.

Isaiah 42:24

Who gave Jacob away as loot and handed Israel over to robbers? Wasn’t it the Lord, against whom we have sinned? They didn’t want to live his way. They didn’t obey his teachings.

Isaiah 45:7

I make light and create darkness. I make blessings and create disasters. I, the Lord, do all these things.

Lamentations 3:38

Both good and bad come from the mouth of the Most High God.

Amos 3:6

If a ram’s horn sounds an alarm in a city, won’t the people be alarmed? If there is a disaster in a city, hasn’t the Lord done it?

Matthew 20:15

Can’t I do what I want with my own money? Or do you resent my generosity towards others?’

Acts 4:28

Through your will and power, they did everything that you had already decided should be done.

Ephesians 5:20

Always thank God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Whatever happens, give thanks, because it is God’s will in Christ Jesus that you do this.

1 Timothy 6:7

We didn’t bring anything into the world, and we can’t take anything out of it.

James 1:17

Every good present and every perfect gift comes from above, from the Father who made the sun, moon, and stars. The Father doesn’t change like the shifting shadows produced by the sun and the moon.

James 5:11

We consider those who endure to be blessed. You have heard about Job’s endurance. You saw that the Lord ended Job’s suffering because the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Ruth 1:21

I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi when the Lord has tormented me and the Almighty has done evil to me?”

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord causes poverty and grants wealth. He humbles ⌞people⌟; he also promotes them.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from the trash heap in order to make them sit with nobles and even to make them inherit a glorious throne. “The pillars of the earth are the Lord’s. He has set the world on them.

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told Eli everything. Eli replied, “He is the Lord. May he do what he thinks is right.”