Is there any thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was before us.
You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.
Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
The thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can a man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done.
Whatever has been is named already, and it is known that this is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.