Proverbs 20:6

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 12:1 : 1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
  • Matt 6:2 : 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, 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.
  • Luke 18:8 : 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
  • Prov 25:14 : 14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
  • Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
  • Eccl 7:28 : 28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man is 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.
  • Luke 18:28 : 28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
  • Luke 22:33 : 33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

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