Is there anything of which one might say, “See this, it is new”? Already it has been for ages Which were before us.
There is no remembrance of earlier things; And also of the later things which will be, There will be for them no remembrance Among those who will come later still.
That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.
So I turned to see wisdom, madness, and simpleminded folly. What will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?
Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; and he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
“You men—stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears—are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, disqualified in regard to the faith.