Ecclesiastes 1:9

Easy To Read Version

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]}

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:10

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

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.

Ecclesiastes 3:15

Things that happened in the past have happened, \{and we can’t change them\}. And things that will happen in the future will happen, \{and we can’t change them\}. But God wants to help people that have been treated badly. {\cf2\super [17]}

Ecclesiastes 7:10

Don’t say,\par “Life was better in the ‘good old days.’\par What happened?”\par Wisdom doesn’t lead us\par to ask that question.\par

Isaiah 43:19

Why? Because I will do new things! Now you will grow like a new plant. Surely you know this is true. I really will make a road in the desert. I really will make rivers in the dry land.

Jeremiah 31:22

Unfaithful daughter,\par how long will you wander around?\par \{When will you come home?\}”\par

2 Peter 2:1

In the past there were false prophets {\cf2\super [6]} among \{God’s\} people. It is the same now. You will have some false teachers in your group. They will teach things that are wrong—teachings that will make people be lost. And those false teachers will teach in a way that will be hard for you to see that they are wrong. They will even refuse to accept the Master (Jesus) who bought their freedom. And so they will quickly destroy themselves.

Revelation 21:1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared. Now there was no sea.

Revelation 21:5

The One that was sitting on the throne said, “Look! I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this, because these words are true and can be trusted.”