Ecclesiastes 7:20
Wisdom will help the wise man more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
In Context
21For there is not a righteous man in the earth, who will do good, and not sin
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:34And Jonathan sprang up from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day of the month, for he grieved bitterly for David, because his father determined on mischief against him.
2 Chronicles 6:36Whereas if they shall sin against you, (for there is no man who will not sin,) and you shall strike them, and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them away into a land of enemies, to a land far off or near;
Psalms 14:1O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tabernacle? and who shall dwell in your holy mountain? 1
Psalms 130:3Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Proverbs 20:9Who will boast that he has a pure heart? or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins?
Isaiah 64:6and we are all become as unclean, and all our righteousness as a filthy rag: and we have + 64:6 Heb. and Lit. flowed out. fallen as leaves because of our iniquities; thus the wind shall carry 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 →