Ecclesiastes 7:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

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  • 1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 If they sin against you, (for there is no man that does not sin,) and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives to the land of the enemy, far or near;
  • 2 Chr 6:36 : 36 If they sin against you, (for there is no man who does not sin,) and you are angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captive to 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 anyone does not stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, 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 has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living shall 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 who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15 Behold, He puts no trust in His saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in His sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who can stand?

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    9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all: for we have already charged both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

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    2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net.

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    3 They have all turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

  • Ps 53:1-3
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    1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

    2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought God.

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  • Rom 7:17-21
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    17 Now then it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

    18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) nothing good dwells: for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.

    19 For the good that I want to do, I do not do; but the evil I do not want to do, that I do.

    20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

    21 I find then a law, that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

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    17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

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

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    1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds, there is none who does good.

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

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    1 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

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    6 Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?

  • Jas 4:17
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    17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

  • Prov 17:26
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    26 Also, to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for their uprightness.

  • Ps 143:2
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    2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living shall be justified.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Job 8:20
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    20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will He help the evildoers:

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    27 He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned and perverted what was right, and it did not profit me;

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    6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sing and rejoice.

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    5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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  • 2 Chr 6:36
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    36 If they sin against you, (for there is no man who does not sin,) and you are angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;

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    7 You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of Your hand.

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    16 Moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

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    1 The transgression of the wicked speaks within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

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    21 Also, do not take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant curse you.

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

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    2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean, to him that sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he who swears, as he who fears an oath.

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    15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be counted.

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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    31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.

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    5 But if a man is just and does what is lawful and right,

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    20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

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    20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O preserver of men? Why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself?

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    27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

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    2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not count iniquity and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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    7 Little children, let no one deceive you: he who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.