Ecclesiastes 7:20

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 7:20

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

There

Doeth

Isaiah 64:6

General references

Proverbs 20:9

Bible References

There

“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;

“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to a land far off or near,

“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

If You, Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous.

Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,

I am pure from my sin”?

All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.

for all

have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Doeth

For all of us have become like one who is unclean,
And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;
And all of us wither like a leaf,
And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

General references

Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,

I am pure from my sin”?