Proverbs 20:6 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁶ Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: But a faithful man who can find?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Many a man proclaims his own loving-kindness and goodness, but a faithful man who can find?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

Common English Bible

⁶ Many people will say that they are loyal, but who can find a reliable person?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man?

Proverbs 20:6 Cross References

Psalm 12:1

Help, Lord; for there is no longer any that is godly; for the faithful have vanished from among the sons of men.

Psalm 12:2

Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Proverbs 20:5

The purpose in a man's mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Proverbs 25:14

Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.

Proverbs 27:2

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

Ecclesiastes 7:28

which my mind has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found.

Jeremiah 5:1

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth; that I may pardon her.

Micah 7:1

Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the vintage has been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig which my soul desires.

Micah 7:2

The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts his brother with a net.

Matthew 6:2

“Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Luke 18:28

And Peter said, “Lo, we have left our homes and followed you.”

Luke 18:8

I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Luke 22:33

And he said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathana-el coming to him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these superlative apostles, even though I am nothing.