Proverbs 20:6 · KJV
“Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? {goodness: or, bounty}”
— Proverbs 20:6
Counsel in the heart of man {is like} deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
The just {man} walketh in his integrity: his children {are} blessed after him.
Proverbs 20 — Context
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; {therefore} shall he beg in harvest, and {have} nothing. {cold: or, winter}
5Counsel in the heart of man {is like} deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? {goodness: or, bounty}
7The just {man} walketh in his integrity: his children {are} blessed after him.
8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Cross References
Psalms 12:1
[To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. {upon...: or, upon the eighth} {Help: or, Save}
Matthew 6:2
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. {do not...: or, cause not a trumpet to be sounded}
Luke 22:33
And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
Luke 18:8
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Proverbs 25:14
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift {is like} clouds and wind without rain. {of a...: Heb. in a gift of falsehood}
Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Luke 18:11
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.
Jeremiah 5:1
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.