Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

We brought

Job 1:21
Then he said, "Naked I came out from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. Yahweh gives, and Yahweh takes. Let Yahweh's name be blessed."
Proverbs 27:24
For riches [are] not forever, nor a crown for generation [after] generation.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
Just as he came from his mother's womb naked, {he will depart} just as he came; he will take nothing with him for his toil.

Certain

Psalm 49:17
because when he dies he will not take [away] any [of it]. His wealth will not follow down after him.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
Luke 16:22
Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried away by the angels to {Abraham's side}. And the rich man also died and was buried.

General references

Genesis 34:23
Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals [be] ours? Only let us give consent to them so they will live among us."
Genesis 43:2
And it happened [that] as they finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt their father said to them, "Return and buy a little food for us."
Deuteronomy 32:47
for it [is] not a trifling matter among you, but it [is] your life, and through this word {you will live long in the land} that you [are about] to cross the Jordan [to get] there to take possession of it."
Ecclesiastes 5:15
Just as he came from his mother's womb naked, {he will depart} just as he came; he will take nothing with him for his toil.