“What does the Lord take away?”
In Job’s case, He permitted Satan to afflict his family, wealth and health, 3 things God had originally given him. Though he restored these things even greater later on, for “all things work unto good for them who love God, who are the called according to His purpose.” Nevertheless, God “scourges” every Son He receives.
Job 1:21 (KJV)
21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
That saying which really is not in the Bible, is in reference to this verse, it mean we have only what God gives us, nothing more. We come into this world naked and we leave the same way.
This “alleged Biblical” saying is quoted as much as “God helps those who help themselves”