Proverbs 20:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Whoso maketh great boasts and giveth nothing, is like clouds and wind without rain.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; yea, other folk's lips and not thine.

Whensoever therefore thou givest thine alms, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blown before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, for to be praised of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

I tell you, he will avenge them, and that quickly. Nevertheless, when the son of man cometh, suppose ye that he shall find faith on the earth?"

And he said unto him, "Lord, I am ready to go with thee into prison, and to death."

I am made a fool in boasting myself. Ye have compelled me: I ought to have been commended of you. For in nothing was I inferior unto the chief apostles, though I be nothing:

But

{To the Chanter upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David} Help me, LORD, for there is not one godly man left: for the faithful are diminished from among the children of men.

Among a thousand men I have found one, but not one woman among all.

Look through Jerusalem, behold and see. Seek through her streets also within, if ye can find one man, that doth equal and right, or that laboureth to be faithful: and I shall spare him, sayeth the LORD.

There is not a godly man upon earth, there is not one righteous among men. They labour all to shed blood, and every man hunteth his brother to death:

I tell you, he will avenge them, and that quickly. Nevertheless, when the son of man cometh, suppose ye that he shall find faith on the earth?"

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold a right Israelite, in whom is no guile."