Proverbs 20:6
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Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?

proclaim

Proverbs 25:14 As clouds, and wind, when no rain followeth, so is the man that boasteth, and doth not fulfil his promises.

Proverbs 27:2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.

Matthew 6:2 Therefore when thou dost an alms-deed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

Luke 18:8,11,28 I say to you that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? . . .

Luke 22:23 And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.

2 Corinthians 12:11 I am become foolish. You have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you. For I have no way come short of them that are above measure apostles, although I be nothing.

goodness

Psalm 12:1 Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David. [2] Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.

Ecclesiastes 7:28 Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.

Jeremiah 5:1 Go about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and consider, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man that executeth judgment, and seeketh faith: and I will be merciful unto it.

Micah 7:2 The holy man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, every one hunteth his brother to death.

Luke 18:8 I say to you that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth?

John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and he saith of him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile.

Context
Wine is a Mocker
5Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out. 6Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?7The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.…
Cross References
Matthew 6:2
Therefore when thou dost an alms-deed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

Luke 18:8
I say to you that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth?

Luke 18:11
The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican.

Psalm 12:1
Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David. [2] Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.

Proverbs 20:5
Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.

Proverbs 25:14
As clouds, and wind, when no rain followeth, so is the man that boasteth, and doth not fulfil his promises.

Lexicon
Many
רָב־ (rāḇ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

a man
אָדָ֗ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

proclaims
יִ֭קְרָא (yiq·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

his
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

loving devotion,
חַסְדּ֑וֹ (ḥas·dōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

but who
מִ֣י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can find
יִמְצָֽא׃ (yim·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

a trustworthy
אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים (’ĕ·mū·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 529: Established, trusty, trustworthiness

man?
וְאִ֥ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person


Additional Translations
Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

A man is valuable, and a merciful man precious: but it is hard to find a faithful man.

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?

Most men wilt proclaim every one his own kindness: but a faithful man who can find?

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?
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