Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth that does good, and sins not.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
In Context
19Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
21Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:34So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David because his father had done him shame.
2 Chronicles 6:36If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sins not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near,
Psalms 14:1The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.
Psalms 130:3If thou, LORD, should note iniquities, O LORD, who could stand?
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, I have made my heart clean. I am pure from my sin?
Isaiah 64:6For we have all become as unclean, and all our righteous acts are as a polluted garment. And we all fade as a leaf. And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:12-23
The Advantages of Wisdom. 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In 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.… Read the whole commentary →