Ecclesiastes 7:20
For, as for men, there is none righteous in the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
In Context
19Wisdom, bringeth more strength to a wise man, than ten heroes, that are in the city.
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:34Jonathan therefore rose up from the table, in a glow of anger,—and did eat no food on the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had reviled him.
2 Chronicles 6:36When they sin against thee—for there is no son of earth who sinneth not—and thou shalt be angry with them, and deliver them up before an enemy,—who shall carry them away as their captives into a land—far away or near;
Psalms 14:1The impious hath said in his heart—There is no God! They have acted corruptly, they have done an abominable deed, there is none that doeth good.
Psalms 130:3If, iniquities, thou shouldest mark, O Yah, O My Lord, who could stand?
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?
Isaiah 64:6But we have become as one unclean all of us, And, as a garment polluted, were all our righteous doings,—And so we faded like a leaf all of us, And, our iniquity, as a wind, carried 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 →