Proverbs 20:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Many say, “My loyal friend,” but who can find someone worthy of trust?

Cross References

Psalm 12:1

For the leader; “upon the eighth.” A psalm of David.

Psalm 12:2

Help, Lord, for no one loyal remains; the faithful have vanished from the children of men.

Proverbs 20:5

The intention of the human heart is deep water, but the intelligent draw it forth.

Proverbs 25:14

Clouds and wind but no rain— the one who boasts of a gift not given.

Proverbs 27:2

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

Ecclesiastes 7:28

What my soul still seeks and has yet to find is this: “One man out of a thousand have I found, but a woman among them all I have not found.”

Jeremiah 5:1

Roam the streets of Jerusalem, look about and observe, Search through her squares, to find even one Who acts justly and seeks honesty, and I will pardon her!

Micah 7:1

Woe is me! I am like the one who gathers summer fruit, when the vines have been gleaned; There is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.

Micah 7:2

The faithful have vanished from the earth, no mortal is just! They all lie in wait to shed blood, each one ensnares the other.

Matthew 6:2

When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity—greedy, dishonest, adulterous—or even like this tax collector.

Luke 18:28

Then Peter said, “We have given up our possessions and followed you.”

Luke 18:8

I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector.

Luke 22:33

He said to him, “Lord, I am prepared to go to prison and to die with you.”

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity in him.”

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been foolish. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I am in no way inferior to these “superapostles,” even though I am nothing.