Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 20:6
6Many a man proclaims his loyalty, 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
4A slacker will not plow in season, so at harvest he looks but finds nothing. 5The intent of a man’s heart is deep water, but a man of insight draws it out. Many a man proclaims his loyalty, but a faithful man who can find? 7A righteous person walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him. 8A king sitting on the throne to judge separates 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 20:6
- Proverbs 25:14Like clouds and wind without rain is one who boasts about a gift not given.
- Proverbs 27:2Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
- Matthew 6:2So whenever you do tzadakah, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!
- Luke 18:8I tell you, He will quickly give them justice. But when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”
- Luke 22:23So they began to discuss among themselves which of them it might be who would do this thing.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool—you drove me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I am in no way inferior to the super-special emissaries—though I am nothing.
- Psalms 12:1For the music director, on the eight-string lyre, a psalm of David.
- Ecclesiastes 7:28which my soul is still seeking, but not finding—I found one upright man among a thousand, but one upright woman among them all I have not found.
- Jeremiah 5:1Roam the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares! If you can find a person, if there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, then I will pardon the city.
- Micah 7:2The pious have perished from the land, there is none upright among mankind. All of them lie in wait for blood. A man hunts his brother with a net.
- John 1:47Yeshua saw Nathanael coming toward Him. He said, “Look, a true Israelite! There’s nothing false in him.”
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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