Ecclesiastes 7:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.”
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“Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 7:20 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 13:39the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.
- 1 Samuel 20:34Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
- 1 Kings 8:46When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
- 2 Chronicles 6:36When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
- Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
- Psalms 14:3All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
- Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
- Psalms 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
- Proverbs 20:9Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
- Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
- Romans 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
- James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
- 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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