14 or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on. 15 As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
Ecclesiastes 5:14–15
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Psalms 49:16–18
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Ecclesiastes 6:3–5
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