Ecclesiastes 7:20
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 7
“For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.”Ecclesiastes 7:20
What Does Ecclesiastes 7:20 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 7:20 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 7, verse 20 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Sin.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 7:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Romans 3:23“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”1 John 1:8“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”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.”Romans 7:15“For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.”James 3:2“For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.”Proverbs 20:9“Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?”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 captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;”Psalms 143:2“And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.”Job 15:14“What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?”Isaiah 64:6“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”2 Chronicles 6:36“If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;”Psalms 130:3“If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?”Romans 3:12“They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”Galatians 5:17“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”Genesis 6:9“These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”Genesis 8:21“And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.”Job 4:17“Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?”Galatians 3:11“But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.”Philippians 3:9“And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”Romans 7:23“But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.”
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