Ecc 7:20
For {there is} not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
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. {laid...: Heb. made the iniquity of us all to meet on him}
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
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;
What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
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; {they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away}
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. {allow: Gr. know}
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
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.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
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;
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
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.
What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
These {are} the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man {and} perfect in his generations, {and} Noah walked with God. {perfect: or, upright}
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, {it is} evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
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:
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. {a sweet...: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction} {for the imagination: or, through the imagination}
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.
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; {they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away}
And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
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.
Behold, {in} this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, {if} the plague {be} somewhat dark, {and} the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it {is but} a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She {is} my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. {precious things: or, spicery} {armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels, or, instruments}
And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
Then the priest shall look: and, behold, {if} the bright spots in the skin of their flesh {be} darkish white; it {is} a freckled spot {that} groweth in the skin; he {is} clean.
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and {all} the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. {precious things: or, spicery} {armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels}
And whiles I {was} speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
I have seen an end of all perfection: {but} thy commandment {is} exceeding broad.
Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash {his} feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.