Ecc 5:15 | MHM | STEP | v. 15-16 : No matter how much we gain, we cannot take it with us when we die. As he came from his mother’s womb, naked shall he return (Ecclesiastes 5:15-16 ). This is also taught in Job 1:21 and Psalm 49:17 . It is a reason to be content (1 Timothy 6:7 ). Riches cannot help us in the next life. If we only work for wealth, it is like chasing the wind (Hosea 12:1 ). At death, people see that everything they worked for is gone, just like the wind.

‏ Ecclesiastes 5:15

v. 15-16: No matter how much we gain, we cannot take it with us when we die. As he came from his mother’s womb, naked shall he return (Ecclesiastes 5:15-16 ^a). This is also taught in Job 1:21 ^b and Psalm 49:17 ^c. It is a reason to be content (1 Timothy 6:7 ^d). Riches cannot help us in the next life. If we only work for wealth, it is like chasing the wind (Hosea 12:1 ^e). At death, people see that everything they worked for is gone, just like the wind.