Ecclesiastes 7:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁰ Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth who does good and never sins. [Isa. 53:6; Rom. 3:23.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Remember: there’s no one on earth so righteous as to do good only and never make a mistake.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Wisdom has strengthened the wise more than ten princes of a city.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 Cross References

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Isaiah 53:6

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.

James 3:2

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 Kings 8:46

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;

Proverbs 20:9

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

2 Chronicles 6:36

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;

Isaiah 64:6

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.

Psalm 143:2

And enter not into judgement with thy servant; For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

Psalm 130:3

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

Job 33:12

Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.

Leviticus 13:39

then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white; it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin; he is clean.

1 Samuel 20:34

So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

Psalm 14:1

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.

Psalm 14:3

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