THEOSISProverbs 20:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
רָב־אָדָ֗ם יִ֭קְרָא אִ֣ישׁ חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְאִ֥ישׁ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִ֣י יִמְצָֽא׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 12 (11):1
- Matt 6:2Therefore 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 18:8I 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 18:11The 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.
- Prov 27:2Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.
- Prov 25:14As clouds, and wind, when no rain followeth, so is the man that boasteth, and doth not fulfil his promises.
- Luke 22:33Who said to him: Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison and to death.
- Jer 5:1Go 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.