Proverbs 20:6

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Summary

Proverbs 20:6

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Proclaim

But

Bible References

Proclaim

The man who boasts about a gift that does not exist
is like clouds and wind without rain.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—
a stranger, and not your own lips.

So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

I tell you that He will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find that faith on earth?”

“Lord,” he told Him, “I’m ready to go with You both to prison and to death!”

I have become a fool; you forced it on me. I should have been endorsed by you, since I am not in any way inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

But

For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.

which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman.

Roam through the streets of Jerusalem.
Look and take note;
search in her squares.
If you find one person,
any who acts justly,
who seeks to be faithful,
then I will forgive her.

Godly people have vanished from the land;
there is no one upright among the people.
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;
they hunt each other with a net.

I tell you that He will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find that faith on earth?”

Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, “Here is a true Israelite; no deceit is in him.”