New King James Version
Proverbs 20:6
6Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful 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 Living Translation (NLT)Many will say they are loyal friends, but who can find one who is truly reliable?
Context of Proverbs 20:6
4The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing. 5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out. Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man? 7The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him. 8A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters 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
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Cross-references for Proverbs 20:6
- Proverbs 25:14Whoever falsely boasts of giving Is like clouds and wind without rain.
- Proverbs 27:2Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.
- Matthew 6:2Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
- Luke 18:8I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”
- Luke 22:23Then they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.
- Psalms 12:1Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
- Ecclesiastes 7:28Which my soul still seeks but I cannot find: One man among a thousand I have found, But a woman among all these I have not found.
- Jeremiah 5:1“Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And seek in her open places If you can find a man, If there is anyone who executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I will pardon her.
- Micah 7:2The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.
- John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom 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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