American Standard Version
Proverbs 20:6
6Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;But a faithful man who can find?
Proverbs 20:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
- New International Version (NIV)Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?
Context of Proverbs 20:6
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. 5Counsel in the heart of man islikedeep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out. Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find? 7A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him. 8A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Read all of Proverbs 20Proverbs 20:6 word by word
רָב־אָדָ֗ם יִ֭קְרָא אִ֣ישׁ חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְאִ֥ישׁ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִ֣י יִמְצָֽא׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 20:6
- Proverbs 25:14As clouds and wind without rain, So ishe that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
- Proverbs 27:2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
- Matthew 6:2When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.
- Luke 18:8I say unto you, that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
- Luke 22:23And they began to question among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.
- Psalms 12:1Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
- Ecclesiastes 7:28which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
- Jeremiah 5:1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
- Micah 7:2The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
Commentaries on Proverbs 20:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Most men will proclaim - Many men merciful ben clepid: a feithful man forsoth, who schal finde? Old MS. Bible.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Goodness - With the special sense of bounty, beneficence. Contrast promise and performance. People boast of their liberality, yet we look in vain for the fulfillment of actual obligations.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6Verse 6 It is hard to find those that have done, and will do more good than they speak, or care to hear spoken of.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6True friends support you, even during tough times.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Boasters are unreliable. goodness--or, "kind disposition."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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