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Proverbs 20:6
6Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall 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 plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. 5Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out. Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find? 7The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him! 8A king sitting 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 25:14Clouds and wind without rain, [so] is a man that boasteth himself of a false gift.
- Proverbs 27:2Let another 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, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Luke 18:8I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth?
- Luke 22:23And they began to question together among themselves who then it could be of them who was about to do this.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool; ye have compelled me; for I ought to have been commended by you; for I have been nothing behind those who were in surpassing degree apostles, if also I am nothing.
- Psalms 12:1Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.
- Ecclesiastes 7:28which my soul yet seeketh, and 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 broadways thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that doeth justice, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it.
- Micah 7:2The godly [man] hath perished out of the land, 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 says of him, Behold [one] truly an Israelite, in whom there 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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