Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
In Context
19Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
21Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:34Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
2 Chronicles 6:36When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
Psalms 14:1For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
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 →