Ecclesiastes 1:10

Easy To Read Version

A person might say, “Look, this is new!” But that thing has always been here. It was here before we were!

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:11

People don’t remember the things that happened long ago. In the future, people will not remember what is happening now. And later, other people will not remember what those people before them did.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

All things continue the way they have been since the beginning. The same things will be done that have always been done. There is nothing new in this life. {\cf2\super [5]}

Ecclesiastes 2:12

No person can do more than a king can do. Some king has already done anything you might want to do. {\cf2\super [9]} \{And I learned that even the things a king does are a waste of time.\} So I again began to think about being wise, being foolish, and doing crazy things.

Matthew 5:12

Be happy and glad. You have a great reward waiting for you in heaven. People did those same bad things to the prophets {\cf2\super [60]} that lived before you.

Acts 7:51

\{Then Stephen said,\} “You stubborn Jewish leaders! You have not given your hearts to God! You won’t listen to him! You are always against what the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [147]} is trying to tell you. Your ancestors did this, and you are just like them!

2 Timothy 3:8

Remember Jannes and Jambres. {\cf2\super [17]} They were against Moses. {\cf2\super [18]} It is the same with these people. They are against the truth. They are people whose thinking has been confused. They have failed in trying to follow the faith.