Ecclesiastes 7:20 (WEB)
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“The preacher also who is the mouthpiece of the Divine Wisdom freely protests and says: “there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not:” and again, “if thy people sin against thee, for there is no man that sinneth not:” and “who can say, I have made my heart clean?” and “none is clean from…” — editor's note: Eccles. vii. 20.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Since in that divine utterance also, where we read, “Be not made righteous over-much,” there is notice taken, not of the righteousness of the wise man, but of the pride of the presumptuous.” — editor's note: Eccles. vii. 20, 16.
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Cross-references · 1
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