Ecclesiastes 5:15

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This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain from all his labor for the wind?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:21 : 21 He 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 blessed.'
  • Ps 49:17 : 17 Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the glory of his house increases.
  • 1 Tim 6:7 : 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:16-17
    2 verses
    87%

    16Throughout his days, he eats in darkness, with great frustration, sickness, and anger.

    17Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    86%

    13Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

    14As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

  • Job 1:21
    78%

    21He 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 blessed.'

  • Eccl 6:2-7
    6 verses
    77%

    2God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires. Yet God does not enable him to enjoy them, but instead a foreigner eats them. This is meaningless and a grievous misfortune.

    3A man may father a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy life's good things and receives no proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

    4For it comes in vain and departs in darkness, and its name is covered in darkness.

    5Though it has never seen the sun or known anything, it has more rest than that man.

    6Even if someone lives a thousand years twice over but does not enjoy their prosperity, do not all go to the same place?

    7All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

  • 1 Tim 6:7
    76%

    7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.

  • Eccl 1:3
    74%

    3What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

  • Job 14:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Man, born of a woman, is short-lived and full of trouble.

    2He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.

  • Eccl 2:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21For there is a person who labors with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, but then must leave everything to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

    22What does a person gain from all their labor and from the striving of their heart under the sun?

    23All their days are full of sorrow, and their work is filled with grief; even at night their mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.

  • Ps 39:6
    72%

    6Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • Eccl 3:9
    72%

    9What does the worker gain from all their toil?

  • Eccl 4:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Again, I turned and saw meaninglessness under the sun.

    8There was a man all alone. He had no son or brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. 'For whom am I toiling,' he asked, 'and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?' This too is meaningless—a miserable business!

  • Eccl 11:5
    72%

    5Just as you do not know the path of the wind or how bones are formed in a pregnant woman's womb, so you cannot understand the workings of God who makes everything.

  • Jer 20:18
    72%

    18Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?

  • Eccl 12:7
    72%

    7And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

  • Job 15:29
    72%

    29He will no longer be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread out across the land.

  • Ps 49:17
    71%

    17Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the glory of his house increases.

  • Jer 17:11
    71%

    11Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, so is one who gains wealth by unjust means. In the middle of his life, it will desert him, and in the end, he will prove to be a fool.

  • Job 7:10
    71%

    10He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.

  • Job 20:18
    71%

    18He will give back the fruit of his labor but will not swallow it; like the wealth of his trade, he will not enjoy it.

  • Ps 146:4
    71%

    4When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.

  • Eccl 2:11
    71%

    11Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

  • Eccl 9:10
    71%

    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

  • Job 34:15
    71%

    15all flesh would perish together, and mankind would return to dust.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15I saw all the living who walk under the sun following the youth, the second one, who replaces him.

    16There is no end to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 3:20
    71%

    20All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

  • Prov 13:11
    70%

    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Gen 3:19
    70%

    19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.

  • Prov 6:11
    70%

    11and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

  • Eccl 3:22
    70%

    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

  • Ps 129:7
    70%

    7with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his arms.

  • Prov 5:11
    70%

    11At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.

  • Eccl 1:5
    69%

    5The sun rises, and the sun sets, and it hurries back to where it rises.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11The more words, the more meaningless—and what advantage does that bring to anyone?

    12For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

  • Eccl 2:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18I hated all my toil under the sun because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.

    19And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will rule over all the fruit of my labor that I have worked for under the sun. This too is meaningless.

  • Job 27:19
    69%

    19The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

  • Prov 24:34
    69%

    34and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.