Ecclesiastes 1:9

New Living Translation

History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:10

Sometimes people say, “Here is something new!” But actually it is old; nothing is ever truly new.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

So I decided to compare wisdom with foolishness and madness (for who can do this better than I, the king?).

Ecclesiastes 3:15

What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Everything has already been decided. It was known long ago what each person would be. So there’s no use arguing with God about your destiny.

Ecclesiastes 7:10

Don’t long for “the good old days.” This is not wise.

Isaiah 43:19

For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you wander, my wayward daughter? For the Lord will cause something new to happen— Israel will embrace her God.”

2 Peter 2:1

But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them. In this way, they will bring sudden destruction on themselves.

Revelation 21:1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone.

Revelation 21:5

And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.”