Proverbs 20:6
רָב ־ אָדָם יִקְרָא אִישׁ חַסְדּוֹ וְאִישׁ אֱמוּנִים מִי יִמְצָֽא ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
In Context
5מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים עֵצָה בְלֶב ־ אִישׁ וְאִישׁ תְּבוּנָה יִדְלֶֽנָּה ׃
7מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּתֻמּוֹ צַדִּיק אַשְׁרֵי בָנָיו אַחֲרָֽיו ׃
Cross References
Psalms 12:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַֽל ־ הַשְּׁמִינִית מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד ׃
Proverbs 25:14נְשִׂיאִים וְרוּחַ וְגֶשֶׁם אָיִן אִישׁ מִתְהַלֵּל בְּמַתַּת ־ שָֽׁקֶר ׃
Ecclesiastes 7:28אֲשֶׁר עוֹד ־ בִּקְשָׁה נַפְשִׁי וְלֹא מָצָאתִי אָדָם אֶחָד מֵאֶלֶף מָצָאתִי וְאִשָּׁה בְכָל ־ אֵלֶּה לֹא מָצָֽאתִי ׃
Micah 7:1אַלְלַי לִי כִּי הָיִיתִי כְּאָסְפֵּי ־ קַיִץ כְּעֹלְלֹת בָּצִיר אֵין ־ אֶשְׁכּוֹל לֶאֱכוֹל בִּכּוּרָה אִוְּתָה נַפְשִֽׁי ׃
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 →