Verse 7
For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either.
Referenced Verses
- Job 1:21 : 21 He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”
- Ps 49:17 : 17 For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.
- Eccl 5:15-16 : 15 Just as he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil. 16 This is another misfortune: Just as he came, so will he go. What did he gain from toiling for the wind?
- Luke 12:20-21 : 20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”
- Prov 27:24 : 24 for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.