1 Timothy 6:7

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

saying:

Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will leave this life.

The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Praise the name of Yahweh.

for wealth is not forever;
not even a crown lasts for all time.

As he came from his mother’s womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; he will take nothing for his efforts that he can carry in his hands.

For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;
his wealth will not follow him down.

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side.

The rich man also died and was buried.

Won’t their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.”

When they had used up the grain they had brought back from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us some food.”

For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

As he came from his mother’s womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; he will take nothing for his efforts that he can carry in his hands.