Ecclesiastes 3:15

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Whatever has already been, and what will be has already been; and God seeks what has been pursued.

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  • Eccl 1:9-9 : 9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there anything of which one can say, 'Look! This is something new'? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.
  • Eccl 6:10 : 10 Whatever exists has already been given its name, and it is known what mankind is; no one can contend with someone who is stronger.

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  • Eccl 1:8-11
    4 verses
    84%

    8All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.

    9What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

    10Is there anything of which one can say, 'Look! This is something new'? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.

    11No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them.

  • Eccl 3:14
    83%

    14I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it nor taken from it. God does this so that people will fear Him.

  • Eccl 6:10-12
    3 verses
    79%

    10Whatever exists has already been given its name, and it is known what mankind is; no one can contend with someone who is stronger.

    11The more words, the more meaningless—and what advantage does that bring to anyone?

    12For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

  • Eccl 2:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

    12So I turned my attention to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can anyone do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

  • Eccl 3:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

    9What does the worker gain from all their toil?

    10I have seen the burden that God has laid on the human race.

    11He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

    12I know that there is nothing better for people than to rejoice and to do good while they live.

  • Eccl 3:16
    76%

    16And I saw under the sun, in the place of judgment, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well.

  • Eccl 1:13-15
    3 verses
    75%

    13I set my heart to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a burdensome task God has given to the human race to occupy themselves with!

    14I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun; they are all meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

    15What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2And I praised the dead who had already died, more than the living who are still alive.

    3But better than both is the one who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

  • Eccl 3:22
    74%

    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

  • Eccl 3:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.

    2A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15I saw all the living who walk under the sun following the youth, the second one, who replaces him.

    16There is no end to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 1:2-5
    4 verses
    73%

    2“Utterly meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”

    3What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

    4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

    5The sun rises, and the sun sets, and it hurries back to where it rises.

  • Eccl 9:1
    73%

    1So I reflected on all this and set my heart to examine it: that the righteous, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether love or hatred awaits them; everything lies before them.

  • Eccl 8:14
    72%

    14There is a futility that takes place on the earth: righteous people receive what the wicked deserve, and wicked people receive what the righteous deserve. I said, 'This too is vanity.'

  • Eccl 12:8
    72%

    8'Utter futility,' says the Teacher. 'Everything is futile!'

  • Eccl 3:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

    18I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man, that God is testing them to show them that they are like animals.

    19For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over animals, for everything is meaningless.

    20All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

  • Eccl 7:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?

    14When times are good, be joyful; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

    15In my fleeting life, I have seen it all: The righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9I observed all this as I considered all the work done under the sun: a time when one man has power over another to hurt them.

    10Then I saw the wicked buried, who used to go in and out of the holy place, but now they are forgotten in the city where they acted this way. This too is meaningless.

  • Eccl 9:3
    72%

    3This is the distressing thing about everything that happens under the sun: the same fate befalls all. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil, and madness resides in their hearts during their lives; and after that, they join the dead.

  • Eccl 5:16
    71%

    16Throughout his days, he eats in darkness, with great frustration, sickness, and anger.

  • Eccl 8:17
    71%

    17then I saw all the work of God, that no one can understand the work that is done under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can comprehend it. Even if the wise claim to know, they cannot truly understand it.

  • Job 20:4
    71%

    4Do you not know this from ancient times, since man was placed on the earth,

  • Eccl 3:6
    71%

    6A time to search and a time to give up; a time to keep and a time to throw away.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16For the wise, like the fool, will not be remembered forever; in the days to come, everything will be forgotten. How does the wise person die? Just like the fool!

    17So I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 11:8
    70%

    8For if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them, but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is meaningless.

  • Eccl 9:13
    70%

    13I also saw this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.

  • Ps 103:16
    70%

    16The wind blows over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.