Ecclesiastes 5:15

New English Translation

Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.

Cross References

Job 1:21

He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!”

Job 15:2

“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

Psalm 49:17

For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

Hosea 12:2

The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

1 Timothy 6:7

For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either.