Ecclesiastes 7:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For [there is] not a just 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 captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
  • 2 Chr 6:36 : 36 If they sin against thee, (for [there is] no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before [their] enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
  • Rom 3:23 : 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body.
  • 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 just 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 the LORD 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 shall no man living be justified.
  • Isa 64:6 : 6 ¶ But 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.
  • Job 15:14-16 : 14 What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

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