Ecclesiastes 1:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those who will come after.

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  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.
  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, nor have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
  • Isa 41:22-26 : 22 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things to come. 23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooses you. 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon mortar, and as the potter treads clay. 26 Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforehand, that we may say, He is righteous? yes, there is none that shows, yes, there is none that declares, yes, there is none that hears your words.
  • Isa 42:9 : 9 Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
  • Ps 9:6 : 6 O enemy, destructions are finished forever; and you have destroyed cities; their memory has perished with them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 1:8-10
    3 verses
    85%

    8All things are full of labor; man cannot express it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

    9The thing that has 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 anything of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been in ancient times, which were before us.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15I considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child who shall stand up in his place.

    16There is no end of all the people, even of all who have been before them; they also that come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:16-19
    4 verses
    79%

    16For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

    17Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

    18Yes, I hated all my labor that I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

    19And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 3:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever: nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.

    15That which is, has already been; and that which is to be, has already been; and God requires an account of the past.

  • Eccl 9:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, nor have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

    6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 1:1-5
    5 verses
    75%

    1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

    2Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

    3What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?

    4One generation passes away, and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

    5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it arose.

  • Isa 43:18
    75%

    18Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

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

  • Eccl 1:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

    15That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be counted.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

    3Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 1:12
    72%

    12I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

  • Eccl 6:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10That which has been is already named, and it is known that it is man: nor can he contend with one mightier than he.

    11Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

    12For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 8:17
    71%

    17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

  • Eccl 7:10
    71%

    10Do not say, 'Why were the former days better than these?' for you do not inquire wisely concerning this.

  • Eccl 8:10
    71%

    10Then 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 done so. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 12:8
    71%

    8Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.

  • Eccl 12:1
    70%

    1Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

  • Eccl 3:22
    70%

    22Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 11:8
    70%

    8But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.

  • Isa 65:17
    70%

    17For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come to mind.

  • Eccl 3:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end.

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.

  • Ps 103:16
    70%

    16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place remembers it no more.

  • Eccl 9:1
    70%

    1For 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 one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

  • Eccl 8:7
    69%

    7For he does not know what shall be; for who can tell him when it shall be?

  • Eccl 4:8
    69%

    8There is one alone, without a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labor, nor is his eye satisfied with riches, nor does he ask, 'For whom do I labor and deprive my soul of good?' This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous toil.

  • Eccl 6:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5Moreover, it has not seen the sun nor known anything: this has more rest than the other.

    6Yes, even if he lives a thousand years twice over, yet has seen no good: do not all go to one place?

  • Eccl 3:19
    69%

    19For that which befalls the sons of men also befalls beasts; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other; yes, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity.

  • Job 14:12
    69%

    12So man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep.

  • Job 7:9
    69%

    9As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more.

  • Eccl 9:3
    69%

    3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, 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.

  • Eccl 5:16
    68%

    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?