Ecclesiastes 5:15

World English Bible (2000)

As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:21 : 21 He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh."
  • Ps 49:17 : 17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.
  • 1 Tim 6:7 : 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can't carry anything out.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:16-17
    2 verses
    87%

    16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

    17 All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    86%

    13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

    14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

  • Job 1:21
    78%

    21 He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh."

  • Eccl 6:2-7
    6 verses
    77%

    2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

    3 If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:

    4 for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

    5 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

    6 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?

    7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • 1 Tim 6:7
    76%

    7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can't carry anything out.

  • Eccl 1:3
    74%

    3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

  • Job 14:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 "Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

    2 He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.

  • Eccl 2:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22 For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

    23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

  • Ps 39:6
    72%

    6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

  • Eccl 3:9
    72%

    9 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

  • Eccl 4:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

    8 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. "For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?" This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

  • Eccl 11:5
    72%

    5 As you don't know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don't know the work of God who does all.

  • Jer 20:18
    72%

    18 Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

  • Eccl 12:7
    72%

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

  • Job 15:29
    72%

    29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

  • Ps 49:17
    71%

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

  • Jer 17:11
    71%

    11 As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

  • Job 7:10
    71%

    10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

  • Job 20:18
    71%

    18 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

  • Ps 146:4
    71%

    4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

  • Eccl 2:11
    71%

    11 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Eccl 9:10
    71%

    10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

  • Job 34:15
    71%

    15 all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15 I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.

    16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Eccl 3:20
    71%

    20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

  • Prov 13:11
    70%

    11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • Gen 3:19
    70%

    19 By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

  • Prov 6:11
    70%

    11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

  • Eccl 3:22
    70%

    22 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

  • Ps 129:7
    70%

    7 with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

  • Prov 5:11
    70%

    11 You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

  • Eccl 1:5
    69%

    5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11 For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

    12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 2:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18 I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

    19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

  • Job 27:19
    69%

    19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

  • Prov 24:34
    69%

    34 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.