Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is not a just man upon earth, that does good, and sins not.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
In Context
19Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
21Also take no heed unto 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 did eat no food the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
2 Chronicles 6:36If they sin against you, (for there is no man which sins not,) and you be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto 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 works, there is none that does good.
Psalms 130:3If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Isaiah 64:6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken 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 →