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Ecclesiastes 1:9

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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.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:7

    All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

  2. Ecclesiastes 1:8

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

  3. Ecclesiastes 1:10

    Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

  4. Ecclesiastes 1:11

    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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