Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Bible References
Proclaim
Proverbs 25:14
Like clouds and winds without rain is the man who brags about gifts he never gave.
Proverbs 27:2
Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth; a stranger, and never your own lips.
Matthew 6:2
So whenever you give to the poor, don't blow a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they will be praised by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!
Luke 18:8
I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
Luke 22:33
Peter told him, "Lord, I am ready to go even to prison and to die with you!"
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool. You forced me to be one. Really, I should have been commended by you, for I am not in any way inferior to your "super-apostles," even if I am nothing.
But
Psalm 12:1
Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity.
Ecclesiastes 7:28
Among the things I seek but have not found: one man among a thousand I did find, but I have not found one woman to be wise among all these.
Jeremiah 5:1
"Wander through the streets of Jerusalem. Look and investigate; search through her squares and see whether you find anyone even one person there doing justice and seeking truth. Then I'll forgive them.
Micah 7:2
The faithful have died off, and there is not one upright human being in the land. They all stalk one another with lethal intent, a man will even hunt his own brother with a net.
Luke 18:8
I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and said about him, "Look, a genuine Israeli, in whom there is no deceit!"