Proverbs 20:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?”
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“Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 20:6 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 12:1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
- Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- 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.
- 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 7:1Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
- 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.
- 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 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
- Luke 18:28“Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”
- Luke 22:33“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”
- John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
- 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.
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