Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is not a righteous man in the earth, 1 Who will do good, and not sin. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
In Context
19Wisdom will help the wise man 1 More than ten mighty men which are in the city. 1
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 thee (for there is no man who will not sin), and thou shalt smite 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 14:1A Psalm of David. 1 O Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? 1 And who shall dwell in thy holy mountain? 1
Psalms 130:3Let Israel hope in the Lord, 1 From henceforth and forever.
Proverbs 20:9c Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy; 1 But wait on the Lord, that he may help thee. 1
Isaiah 64:6And there is none that calls upon thy name, or that remembers to take hold on thee: for thou hast turned thy face away from us, and hast delivered us up because of our sins.
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 →