Proverbs 20:6
Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
In Context
5The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.
7An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!
Cross References
Psalms 12:1For the chief music-maker on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David.
Proverbs 25:14As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.
Ecclesiastes 7:28For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.
Micah 7:1Sorrow is mine! for I am as when they have got in the summer fruits, like the last of the grapes: there is nothing for food, not even an early fig for my desire.
Matthew 6:2When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:6
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. A man's wisdom is here said to be of use to him for the pumping of other people, and diving into them, 1. To get the knowledge of them. Though men's counsels and designs are ever so carefully concealed by them, so that they are as deep water which one cannot fathom, yet there are those who by sly insinuations, and questions that seem foreign, will get out of them both what they have done and what they intend to do. Those… Read the whole commentary →