Proverbs 20:6
Many there be that woulde be called good doers: but where shall one finde a faythfull man?
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
In Context
5Counsayle in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out.
7The chyldren of the iust man which walketh vprightly, shalbe blessed after hym.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:14Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing, is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne.
Ecclesiastes 7:28which as yet I seeke, and finde it not. Among a thousande men I haue founde one: but not one woman among all.
Matthew 6:2Therefore, 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 18:11The 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.
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 →