Proverbs 20:6
Many will proclaim their own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
In Context
5A design in the heart of a man is like deep waters; But a man of understanding draweth it out.
7He who walketh in his integrity is a righteous man; Happy will be his children after him!
Cross References
Psalms 12:1“For the leader of the music; to the octave. A psalm of David.” Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; The faithful are failing among men.
Proverbs 25:14As clouds and wind without rain, So is the man that boasteth falsely of giving.
Ecclesiastes 7:28That which my soul hath hitherto sought, and I have not found, is this: a man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among a thousand have I not found.
Micah 7:1Woe is me! I live where the summer fruits are gathered, And the vintage is gleaned; There is no cluster to eat; I long for the first-ripe fig.
Matthew 6:2Therefore when thou doest 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. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself thus: O God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
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 →