Ecclesiastes 7:20
Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
In Context
19The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:34And Jonathan riseth from the table in the heat of anger, and hath not eaten food on the second day of the new moon, for he hath been grieved for David, for his father put him to shame.
2 Chronicles 6:36'When they sin against Thee — for there is not a man who sinneth not — and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them before an enemy, and taken them captive have their captors, unto a land far off or near;
Psalms 14:1To the Overseer. — By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.
Psalms 130:3If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?
Proverbs 20:9Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'
Isaiah 64:6And we are as unclean — all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf — all of us. And our iniquities as wind do 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 →