Job 1:21

New International Version

and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave 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 eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

Genesis 45:5

And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the Lord will look upon my misery and restore to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse today.”

1 Kings 12:15

So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the Lord, to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

2 Kings 20:19

“The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?”

Nehemiah 9:5

And the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah—said: “Stand up and praise the Lord your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting.” “Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

Job 1:11

But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

Job 2:10

He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Job 9:12

If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

Psalm 34:1

I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

Psalm 34:2

I will glory in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

Psalm 39:9

I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this.

Psalm 49:17

for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children there is nothing left for them to inherit.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, and as everyone comes, so they depart. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.

Isaiah 24:15

Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord; exalt the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.

Isaiah 42:24

Who handed Jacob over to become loot, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned? For they would not follow his ways; they did not obey his law.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.

Lamentations 3:38

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?

Amos 3:6

When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the Lord caused it?

Matthew 20:15

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

Acts 4:28

They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.

Ephesians 5:20

always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 6:7

For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.

James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

James 5:11

As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Ruth 1:21

I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world.

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, “He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes.”