Proverbs 20:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Many there be that woulde be called good doers: but where shall one finde a faythfull man?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 12:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition vpon (an instrument) of eyght stringes, a psalme of Dauid. Saue thou me O God, for there is not one godly man left: for the faythfull are diminished from among the chyldren of men.
  • Matt 6:2 : 2 Therefore, when thou geuest thyne almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as hypocrites do, in the synagogues, & in the streates, yt they might be esteemed of me. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.
  • Luke 18:8 : 8 I tell you he wyll auenge them, and that quickly. Neuerthelesse, when the sonne of man commeth, shall he fynde fayth on the earth?
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The pharisee stoode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thanke thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or as this publicane.
  • Prov 25:14 : 14 Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing, is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne.
  • Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes.
  • Eccl 7:28 : 28 which as yet I seeke, and finde it not. Among a thousande men I haue founde one: but not one woman among all.
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Loke through Hierusalem, beholde and see, seeke through her streetes also within, yf ye can fynde one man that doth equall and ryght, or seketh for the trueth, and I shall spare that citie, saith the Lorde.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 There is not a godly vpon earth, there is not one righteous among men: they al lye in wayte for blood, and euery man hunteth his brother to death.
  • Luke 18:28 : 28 Then Peter sayde: Lo, we haue forsaken all, and folowed thee.
  • Luke 22:33 : 33 And he sayde vnto him: Lord I am redy to go with thee into pryson, and to death.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Iesus sawe Nathanael commyng to hym, & sayeth of hym: Beholde a ryght Israelite, in whom is no guile.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I am become a foole in gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng,

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