Ecclesiastes 7:20

New Century Version

Surely there is not a good person on earth who always does good and never sins.

Cross References

Romans 3:23

Everyone has sinned and fallen short of God’s glorious standard,

Isaiah 53:6

We all have wandered away like sheep; each of us has gone his own way. But the Lord has put on him the punishment for all the evil we have done.

James 3:2

We all make many mistakes. If people never said anything wrong, they would be perfect and able to control their entire selves, too.

1 Kings 8:46

“Everyone sins, so your people will also sin against you. You will become angry with them and hand them over to their enemies. Their enemies will capture them and take them away to their countries far or near.

Proverbs 20:9

No one can say, “I am innocent; I have never done anything wrong.”

2 Chronicles 6:36

“Everyone sins, so your people will also sin against you. You will become angry with them and will hand them over to their enemies. Their enemies will capture them and take them away to a country far or near.

Isaiah 64:6

All of us are dirty with sin. All the right things we have done are like filthy pieces of cloth. All of us are like dead leaves, and our sins, like the wind, have carried us away.

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant, because no one alive is right before you.

Psalm 130:3

Lord, if you punished people for all their sins, no one would be left, Lord.

Job 33:12

“But I tell you, you are not right in saying this, because God is greater than we are.

Leviticus 13:39

a priest must look at them. If the spots on the skin are dull white, the disease is only a harmless rash. That person is clean.

1 Samuel 20:34

Jonathan was very angry and left the table. That second day of the month he refused to eat. He was ashamed of his father and upset over David.

Psalm 14:1

Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.” Fools are evil and do terrible things; there is no one who does anything good.

Psalm 14:3

But all have turned away. Together, everyone has become evil. There is no one who does anything good, not even one.