Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
World English Bible Catholic
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 who are in a city.
21Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
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 treated him shamefully.
2 Chronicles 6:36“If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are 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 deeds. There is no one who does good.
Psalms 130:3If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
Isaiah 64:6For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like 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 →