Ecclesiastes 5:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

(5:14) As hee came foorth of his mothers belly, he shall returne naked to goe as he came, and shal beare away nothing of his labour, which hee hath caused to passe by his hand.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:21 : 21 And sayd, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the Lord hath giuen, and the Lord hath taken it: blessed be the Name of the Lord.
  • Ps 49:17 : 17 For he shall take nothing away when he dieth, neither shal his pompe descende after him.
  • 1 Tim 6:7 : 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and it is certaine, that we can carie nothing out.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said vnto him, O foole, this night wil they fetch away thy soule fro thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast prouided?

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  • Eccl 5:16-17
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    16(5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

    17(5:16) Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    86%

    13(5:12) There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.

    14(5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

  • Job 1:21
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    21And sayd, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the Lord hath giuen, and the Lord hath taken it: blessed be the Name of the Lord.

  • Eccl 6:2-7
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    2A man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that it desireth: but God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a strange man shall eate it vp: this is vanitie, and this is an euill sicknesse.

    3If a man beget an hundreth children and liue many yeeres, and the dayes of his yeeres be multiplied, & his soule be not satisfied with good things, and he be not buried, I say that an vntimely fruite is better then he.

    4For he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.

    5Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other.

    6And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?

    7All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

  • 1 Tim 6:7
    76%

    7For we brought nothing into the world, and it is certaine, that we can carie nothing out.

  • Eccl 1:3
    74%

    3What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

  • Job 14:1-2
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    74%

    1Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.

    2He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.

  • Eccl 2:21-23
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    73%

    21For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shal he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.

    22For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne?

    23For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

  • Eccl 3:9
    72%

    9What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?

  • Eccl 4:7-8
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    7Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

    8There is one alone, & there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.

  • Eccl 11:5
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    5As thou knowest not which is ye way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe growe in the wombe of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the worke of God that worketh all.

  • Jer 20:18
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    18How is it, that I came forth of the wombe, to see labour and sorowe, that my dayes shoulde be consumed with shame?

  • Eccl 12:7
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    7And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.

  • Job 15:29
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    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.

  • Ps 49:17
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    17For he shall take nothing away when he dieth, neither shal his pompe descende after him.

  • Jer 17:11
    71%

    11As the partryche gathereth the yong, which she hath not brought forth: so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leaue them in the middes of his dayes, and at his ende shall bee a foole.

  • Job 7:10
    71%

    10He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

  • Job 20:18
    71%

    18He shal restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, & he shal enioy it no more.

  • Ps 146:4
    71%

    4His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.

  • Eccl 2:11
    71%

    11Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.

  • Job 34:15
    71%

    15All flesh shal perish together, and man shal returne vnto dust.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the second childe, which shall stand vp in his place.

    16There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 3:20
    71%

    20All goe to one place, & all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11The riches of vanitie shal diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.

  • Gen 3:19
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    19In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shal bring him to see what shalbe after him?

  • Ps 129:7
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    7Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:

  • Prov 5:11
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    11And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)

  • Eccl 1:5
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    5The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

    12(7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

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    18I hated also all my labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne, which I shall leaue to the man that shalbe after me.

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    19When the rich man sleepeth, he shal not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.

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    34So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.