Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 20:6
6Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?
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 slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there. 5The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man? 7The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him. 8A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out 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 25:14Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
- Proverbs 27:2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
- Matthew 6:2So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
- Luke 18:8I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
- Luke 22:23Then they began to question among themselves which of them was going to do this.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
- Psalms 12:1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
- Ecclesiastes 7:28While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
- Jeremiah 5:1“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
- Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
- John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
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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