Ecclesiastes 1:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The thyng that is past is out of remembraunce: euen so the thynges that are for to come, shal no more be thought vpon among them that come after.

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  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.
  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 For they that be liuing knowe that they shall dye: but they that be dead knowe nothing, neither deserue they any more, for their memoriall is forgotten.
  • Isa 41:22-26 : 22 Let them bring foorth their gods, and let their gods tel vs what shall chaunce hereafter, yea let them shewe vs the thinges that are past what they be, let them declare them vnto vs, that we may take them to heart, and knowe them hereafter. 23 Either shewe vs thinges for to come, and tell vs what shall be done hereafter, so shall we know that ye are gods: do something either good or bad, so wyl we both knowledge the same, and tell it out. 24 Beholde ye are gods of naught, and your making is of naught: yea abhomible is the man that hath chosen you. 25 Neuerthelesse, I haue waked vp one from the north, and he shall come from the east, he shal call vpon my name, and shall treade vpon princes as vpon clay, and as the potter treadeth downe the mire. 26 Who declared this from the beginning, and we will knowe hym: or from the olde times, and we wil confesse and say that he is righteous? but there is none that sheweth or declareth any thing, there is none also that heareth your wordes.
  • Isa 42:9 : 9 Beholde olde thinges are come to passe, and newe thinges do I declare, and or euer they come I tell you of them.
  • Ps 9:6 : 6 O thou enemie thou thoughtest to bryng vs to a perpetuall desolation: and to destroy our cities, so that there shoulde remayne no memory of them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 1:8-10
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    85%

    8All thinges are so harde to be knowen, that no man can expresse them: The eye is not satisfied with sight, the eare is not fylled with hearyng.

    9The thyng that hath ben, commeth to passe agayne, and the thyng that hath ben done, shalbe done agayne: There is no newe thyng vnder the sunne.

    10Is there any thyng wherof it may be sayde, lo this is newe? for it was long ago in the tymes that haue ben before vs.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    81%

    15And I perceaued that all men lyuyng vnder the sunne, go with the seconde childe that shall stande vp in the steade of the other.

    16As for the people that haue ben before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable, and they that come after him shall not reioyce in him: This is also a vayne thyng, and vexation of mynde.

  • Eccl 2:16-19
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    16For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.

    17Thus began I to be weery of my life, insomuch that I coulde away with nothyng that is done vnder the sunne: for all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

    18Yea I was weery of my labour which I had taken vnder the sunne, because I shoulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man that commeth after me:

    19And who knoweth whether he shalbe a wise man or a foole? And yet shall he be lorde of all my laboures which I with such wisdome haue taken vnder the sunne: This is also a vayne thyng.

  • Eccl 3:14-15
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    14I considered also that whatsoeuer God doth, it continueth for euer: And that nothyng can be put vnto it, nor taken from it, & that God doth it to the intent that men shoulde feare hym.

    15The thyng that hath ben, is nowe: and the thyng that is for to come, hath ben afore time: for God restoreth againe the thyng that was past.

  • Eccl 9:5-6
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    5For they that be liuing knowe that they shall dye: but they that be dead knowe nothing, neither deserue they any more, for their memoriall is forgotten.

    6Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is nowe perished, neither haue they any more part in the worlde in all that is done vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 1:1-5
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    75%

    1The wordes of the preacher ye sonne of Dauid kyng of Hierusalem.

    2All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher, & all is most vayne I say and but playne vanitie.

    3For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne?

    4One generation passeth away, another commeth: but the earth abideth styll.

    5The sunne aryseth, the sunne goeth downe, and returneth to his place, that he may there ryse vp agayne.

  • Isa 43:18
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    18Remember not thinges of olde, and regarde nothing that is past.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
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    11But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.

    12Then turned I me to consider wisdome, errour, and foolishnesse (for what is he among men that myght be compared to me the kyng in such workes?)

  • Eccl 1:14-15
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    73%

    14Thus haue I considered all these thynges that come to passe vnder the sunne: and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

    15The croked can not be made straight, nor the imperfection of thynges can be numbred.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    72%

    2Wherfore I iudged those that are dead, to be more happy then those that be alyue?

    3Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 1:12
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    12I my selfe the preacher was kyng of Israel at Hierusalem,

  • Eccl 6:10-12
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    10The thyng that hath ben, is named alredy, and knowen that it is euen man him selfe: neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he.

    11Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 8:17
    71%

    17I vnderstoode of all the workes of God, but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne: and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out, yet can he not reach vnto them: yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them, yet shall he not finde them.

  • Eccl 7:10
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    10Say not thou, What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues, and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne: and came from the place of holy men, whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie, as were those also that liued well: This is also a vayne thing.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie.

  • Eccl 12:1
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    1Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersitie come, and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say, I haue not pleasure in them:

  • Eccl 3:22
    70%

    22Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?

  • Eccl 11:8
    70%

    8If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie.

  • Isa 65:17
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    17For lo, I shall make a newe heauen and a newe earth: and as for the olde, they shall neuer be thought vpon, nor kept in minde:

  • Eccl 3:11-12
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    11All this hath he ordeyned marueilous goodly, to euery thyng his due tyme: He hath planted ignoraunce also in the heartes of men, that they shoulde not comprehende the ground of his workes which he doth from the begynnyng to the ende.

    12So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth.

  • Ps 103:16
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    16For the winde passeth ouer it, and it is no more seene: and the place therof knoweth it no more.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them.

  • Eccl 8:7
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    7And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come: for who can tell hym when it shalbe?

  • Eccl 4:8
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    8There is one man, no mo but himselfe alone, hauing neither childe nor brother, yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches: yet saith he not for whom do I take such trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life? This is also a vayne and miserable thyng.

  • Eccl 6:5-6
    2 verses
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    5Moreouer he seeth not the sunne, and knoweth not of it: and yet hath he more rest then the other.

    6Yea, though he lyued two thousande yeres, yet hath he no good lyfe: Come not all to one place?

  • Eccl 3:19
    69%

    19For it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, euen one condition vnto them both: as the one dyeth so dyeth the other, yea they haue both one maner of breath: so that in this a man hath no preeminence aboue a beast, but are all subdued vnto vanitie.

  • Job 14:12
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    12So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe.

  • Job 7:9
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    9The cloude is consumed and vanished away: so he that goeth downe to the graue shall come no more vp,

  • Eccl 9:3
    69%

    3Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne, this is a miserie, that it happeneth vnto all alike: This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse, and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue, vntyll they dye.

  • Eccl 5:16
    68%

    16This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde?