Proverbs 20:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

Many men wil boast, euery one of his owne goodnes: but who can finde a faithfull man?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 12:1 : 1 To him that excelleth vpon the eight tune. A Psalme of Dauid. Helpe Lord, for there is not a godly man left: for the faithfull are fayled from among the children of men.
  • Matt 6:2 : 2 Therefore when thou giuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as the hypocrites doe in the Synagogues and in the streetes, to be praysed of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.
  • Luke 18:8 : 8 I tell you he will auenge them quickly: but when the Sonne of man commeth, shall he finde faith on the earth?
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.
  • Prov 25:14 : 14 A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.
  • Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
  • Eccl 7:28 : 28 (7:30) And yet my soule seeketh, but I finde it not: I haue found one man of a thousand: but a woman among them all haue I not founde.
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Rvnne to and fro by the streetes of Ierusalem, and beholde nowe, and knowe, and inquire in the open places thereof, if ye can finde a man, or if there be any that executeth iudgement, and seeketh the trueth, and I will spare it.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man is perished out of the earth, and there is none righteous among men: they all lye in wayte for blood: euery man hunteth his brother with a net.
  • Luke 18:28 : 28 Then Peter said, Loe, we haue left all, and haue followed thee.
  • Luke 22:33 : 33 And he said vnto him, Lord, I am ready to goe with thee into prison, and to death.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Iesus sawe Nathanael comming to him, and saide of him, Beholde in deede an Israelite, in whom is no guile.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.

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