Ecclesiastes 7:20

American Standard Version (1901)

Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

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  • 1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near;
  • 2 Chr 6:36 : 36 If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near; [
  • Rom 3:23 : 23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
  • 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
  • Prov 20:9 : 9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.
  • Isa 64:6 : 6 For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
  • Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight: 16 How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

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    9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;

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    11There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;

    12They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not, so much as one:

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    2The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

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    3They are all gone aside; They are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth [his life] in his evil-doing.

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    1[For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David]. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.

    2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

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    17So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.

    18For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good [is] not.

    19For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.

    20But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.

    21I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.

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    17All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

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    9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

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    1[For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David]. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

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    14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

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    4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

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    6Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

  • Jas 4:17
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    17To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

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    26Also to punish the righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.

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    2And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.

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    6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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    12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

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    36If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near; [

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    7Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

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    16And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

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    21Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;

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    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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    15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

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    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!

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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

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    27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

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    2Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile.

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    7[ My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous: