[To the Chief Musician upon sheminith. A Psalm of David.] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Proverbs 20:6 - King James 2000 Most men will proclaim everyone his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: But a faithful man who can find? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Many a man proclaims his own loving-kindness and goodness, but a faithful man who can find? American Standard Version (1901) Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find? Common English Bible Many people will say that they are loyal, but who can find a reliable person? Catholic Public Domain Version Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man? |
[To the Chief Musician upon sheminith. A Psalm of David.] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Whosoever boasts about himself of a gift not given is like clouds and wind without rain.
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Which yet my soul seeks, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its broad places, if you can find a man, if there is any that executes justice, that seeks the truth; and I will pardon it.
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first ripe fruit.
The godly man has perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Therefore when you give your alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man comes, shall he find faith on the earth?
And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with you, both into prison, and to death.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind the very chief apostles, though I be nothing.