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
He who falsely boasts of a gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger, and not your own lips.
Matthew 6:2
Do not loudly announce it when you give to the poor. The hypocrites do this in the houses of worship and on the streets. They do this to be praised by men. Believe me, they have already been paid in full.
Luke 18:8
I say to you, that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, will the Son of man find faith on the earth when he comes?
Luke 22:33
He said: Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool in boasting. You have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended about you: for in nothing am I inferior to the most prominent apostles, though I am nothing.
But
Psalm 12:1
([Psalm of David]) Save me O Jehovah for no godly person is left. Faithful people have vanished from among the sons of men.
Ecclesiastes 7:28
For I am still seeking and have not found. One man among a thousand I have found; but a woman among all those I have not found.
Jeremiah 5:1
People of Jerusalem, run through your streets! Look around and see for yourselves! Search the marketplaces! Can you find one person who does what is right and tries to be faithful to God? If you can, Jehovah will forgive Jerusalem.
Micah 7:2
The godly (loyal) (holy) man has perished from the earth. There is none upright among men! They all lie in wait for blood. Every man hunts his own brother with a net.
Luke 18:8
I say to you, that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, will the Son of man find faith on the earth when he comes?
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him. He said: Look an Israelite indeed. There is no deceit in him!