Job 1:21

New King James Version

And he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”

Genesis 30:2

And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Genesis 45:5

But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the Lord will look on my affliction, and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing this day.”

1 Kings 12:15

So the king did not listen to the people; for the turn of events was from the Lord, that He might fulfill His word, which the Lord had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

2 Kings 20:19

So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “Will there not be peace and truth at least in my days?”

Nehemiah 9:5

And the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said: “Stand up and bless the Lord your God Forever and ever! “Blessed be Your glorious name, Which is exalted above all blessing and praise!

Job 1:11

But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Job 9:12

If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

Psalm 34:1

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Psalm 34:2

My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; The humble shall hear of it and be glad.

Psalm 39:9

I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it.

Psalm 49:17

For when he dies he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

But those riches perish through misfortune; When he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

As he came from his mother’s womb, naked shall he return, To go as he came; And he shall take nothing from his labor Which he may carry away in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

Isaiah 24:15

Therefore glorify the Lord in the dawning light, The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.

Isaiah 42:24

Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the Lord, He against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in His ways, Nor were they obedient to His law.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.’

Lamentations 3:38

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?

Amos 3:6

If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?

Matthew 20:15

Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’

Acts 4:28

to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.

Ephesians 5:20

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

1 Thessalonians 5:18

in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 Timothy 6:7

For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

James 5:11

Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

Ruth 1:21

I went out full, and the Lord has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. “For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, And He has set the world upon them.

1 Samuel 3:18

Then Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the Lord. Let Him do what seems good to Him.”