Ecclesiastes 1:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:10

Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has already been in the ages before us.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly, for what can the king’s successor do? Only what has already been done.

Ecclesiastes 3:15

That which is already has been, that which is to be already is, and God seeks out what has gone by.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what humans are and that they are not able to dispute with those who are stronger.

Ecclesiastes 7:10

Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.

Isaiah 43:19

I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth: a woman encompasses a man.

2 Peter 2:1

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive opinions. They will even deny the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

Revelation 21:1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

Revelation 21:5

And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.”