Cross references

Job 1:21

saying:

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,

and naked I will return.

The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away.

Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Job 1:21 BSB

Job 1:21 has 28 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 28 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 5:15 (41 votes) and 1 Timothy 6:7 (32 votes). 40 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 3 to James 5.

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Which verses does Job 1:21 point to?

The 20 strongest of 28, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 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.

  2. For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.

  3. Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

  4. James 1:1719 votes

    Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

  5. Job 2:1017 votes

    “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

  6. Psalm 49:1715 votes

    For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

  7. before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

  8. always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  9. Genesis 3:1911 votes

    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

  10. 1 Samuel 2:711 votes

    The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

  11. Isaiah 45:711 votes
  12. Psalm 39:98 votes
  13. Psalm 34:17 votes
  14. Acts 4:287 votes

Which verses point to Job 1:21?

The 10 strongest of 40.