Proverbs 20:6

New International Reader's Version

Many claim to have love that never fails. But who can find a faithful person?

Cross References

Psalm 12:1

Help, Lord! No one does what is right anymore. Those who are faithful have disappeared from the human race.

Psalm 12:2

Everyone tells lies to their neighbors. With their lips they praise others, but they don’t really mean it.

Proverbs 20:5

The purposes of a person’s heart are like deep water. But one who has understanding brings them out.

Proverbs 25:14

A person who brags about gifts never given is like wind and clouds that don’t produce rain.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth. Let an outsider praise you, and not your own lips.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

I searched and searched but found very little. I did find one honest man among a thousand. But I didn’t find one honest woman among a thousand.

Jeremiah 5:1

The Lord says, “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look around. Think about what you see. Search through the market. See if you can find one honest person who tries to be truthful. If you can, I will forgive this city.

Micah 7:1

I’m suffering very much! I’m like someone who gathers summer fruit in a vineyard after the good fruit has already been picked. No grapes are left to eat. None of the early figs I long for remain.

Micah 7:2

Faithful people have disappeared from the land. Those who are honest are gone. Everyone hides and waits to spill the blood of others. They use nets to try and trap one another.

Matthew 6:2

“When you give to needy people, do not announce it by having trumpets blown. Do not be like those who only pretend to be holy. They announce what they do in the synagogues and on the streets. They want to be honored by other people. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed. ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people,’ he said. ‘I am not like robbers or those who do other evil things. I am not like those who commit adultery. I am not even like this tax collector.

Luke 18:28

Peter said to him, “We have left everything we had in order to follow you!”

Luke 18:8

I tell you, God will see that things are made right for them. He will make sure it happens quickly. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find people on earth who have faith?”

Luke 22:33

But Simon replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael approaching. Here is what Jesus said about him. “He is a true Israelite. Nothing about him is false.”

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have made a fool of myself. But you made me do it. You should have praised me. Even though I am nothing, I am in no way less important than the “super-apostles.”