Ecclesiastes 5:15

New International Reader's Version

Everyone is born naked. They come into the world with nothing. And they go out of it with nothing. They don’t get anything from their work that they can take with them.

Cross References

Job 1:21

He said, “I was born naked. And I’ll leave here naked. The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away. May the name of the Lord be praised.”

Job 15:2

“Job, would a wise person answer with a lot of meaningless talk? Would they fill their stomach with the hot east wind?

Psalm 49:17

They won’t take anything with them when they die. Their riches won’t go down to the grave with them.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

It’s also when wealth is lost because of an unwise business deal. Then there won’t be anything left for the owners’ children.

Hosea 12:2

The Lord is bringing charges against Judah. He will punish Jacob’s people because of how they act. He’ll pay them back for the evil things they’ve done.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Tonight I will take your life away from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

1 Timothy 6:7

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