Ecclesiastes 3:15
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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Referenced Verses
- Eccl 1:9-9 : 9 ¶ The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun. 10 Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
- Eccl 6:10 : 10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
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- Eccl 1:8-114 verses84%
8All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9¶ The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun.
10Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11[There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after.
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14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.
- Eccl 6:10-123 verses79%
10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?
12For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
- Eccl 2:11-122 verses77%
11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.
12¶ And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.
- Eccl 3:9-124 verses76%
9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11¶ He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
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16¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.
- Eccl 1:13-153 verses75%
13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
15[That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
- Eccl 4:2-32 verses74%
2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
3Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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22Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
- Eccl 3:1-22 verses73%
1¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;
- Eccl 4:15-162 verses73%
15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
16[There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
- Eccl 1:2-54 verses73%
2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.
3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4¶ [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
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1¶ For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.
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14¶ There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.
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8¶ Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.
- Eccl 3:18-203 verses72%
18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
- Eccl 7:13-153 verses72%
13Consider the work of God: for who can make [that] straight, which he hath made crooked?
14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
15All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.
- Eccl 8:9-102 verses72%
9¶ All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
10And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity.
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3This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
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16And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
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17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].
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4Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
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6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
- Eccl 2:16-172 verses70%
16For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
17¶ Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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8But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity.
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13¶ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:
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16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.