Ecclesiastes 7:20

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For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 “The time will come when your people will sin against you(for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, whether far away or close by.
  • 2 Chr 6:36 : 36 “The time will come when your people will sin against you(for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by.
  • Rom 3:23 : 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.
  • 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say 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 kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the LORD caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
  • Isa 64:6 : 6 We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.
  • Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? 15 If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes, 16 how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If you, O LORD, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 3:9-12
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    9The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

    10just as it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one,

    11there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.

    12All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.”

  • Mic 7:2
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    2Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

  • Ps 14:3
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    3Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15Exceptions to the Law of Retribution During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

  • Ps 53:1-3
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    1For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves,“There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

    2God looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

    3Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

  • Rom 7:17-21
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    17But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me.

    18For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.

    19For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

    20Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me.

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

  • 1 John 5:17
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    17All unrighteousness is sin, but there is sin not resulting in death.

  • Prov 20:9
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    9Who can say,“I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?

  • Ps 14:1
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    1For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves,“There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said,“This also is an enigma.”

  • Prov 24:16
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    16Indeed a righteous person will fall seven times, and then get up again, but the guilty will collapse in calamity.

  • Job 14:4
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    4Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1Not Everyone Enjoys Life Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth, and it weighs heavily on people:

  • Prov 20:6
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    6Many people profess their loyalty, but a faithful person– who can find?

  • Jas 4:17
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    17So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.

  • Prov 17:26
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    26It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.

  • Ps 143:2
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    2Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Job 8:20
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    20“Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.

  • Job 33:27
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    27That person sings to others, saying:‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

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    6In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

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    5For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

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    12Enjoy Life in the Present I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,

  • 2 Chr 6:36
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    36“The time will come when your people will sin against you(for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by.

  • Job 10:7
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    7although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?

  • Eccl 3:16
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    16The Problem of Injustice and Oppression I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.

  • Ps 36:1
    71%

    1For the music director; written by the LORD’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21Also, do not pay attention to everything that people say; otherwise, you might even hear your servant cursing you.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

  • Eccl 9:2
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    2Everyone shares the same fate– the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the ceremonially clean and unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. What happens to the good person, also happens to the sinner; what happens to those who make vows, also happens to those who are afraid to make vows.

  • Eccl 1:15
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    15What is bent cannot be straightened, and what is missing cannot be supplied.

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

  • Rom 3:20
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    20For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

  • Job 7:20
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    20If I have sinned– what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Ps 32:2
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    2How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the LORD does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

  • 1 John 3:7
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    7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.