Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Proverbs 20:6
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness. — Will be full of his benevolent intentions, “but a faithful man,” who carries out these promises, “who can find?”
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness. — Will be full of his benevolent intentions, “but a faithful man,” who carries out these promises, “who can find?”
Verse Proverbs 20:6. _MOST MEN WILL PROCLAIM_] _Many men merciful ben clepid: a_ _feithful man forsoth, who schal finde? _- Old MS. Bible....
GOODNESS - With the special sense of bounty, beneficence. Contrast promise and performance. People boast of their liberality, yet we look in vain for the fulfillment of actual obligations....
CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if applied to Solomon....
PROVERBS 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thought. P...
MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _'Ish 'ish._ App-14. HIS OWN GOODNESS. Illustrations: Absalom (2 Samuel 15:4); Jehu (2 Kings 10:16; 2 Kings 10:31); Scribes, &c. ...
_goodness_ i.e. BOUNTY, A.V. marg., or KINDNESS, R.V. Fair promises are common, but faithful performance of them is rare. Comp. 2Co 8:11; 2 Corinthians 9:4. The first clause of the verse is otherwise...
DISCOURSE: 801 TRUE PIETY IS RARE Proverbs 20:6. _Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness; but a faithful man who can find?_ IF we were to apply to every individual of mankind for his own c...
MOST MEN WILL PROCLAIM EVERY ONE HIS OWN GOODNESS— "Most men are ready enough to claim to themselves a large share of virtue and piety; but where is the man of true and undissembled virtue and holines...
CHAPTER 20 TEXT Proverbs 20:1-10 1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise, 2. The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him...
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? MOST MEN WILL PROCLAIM EVERY ONE HIS OWN GOODNESS - his own beneficence to others, as the Pharisee did MOST MEN...
20:6 kindness; (l-9) _ Chesed_ , or 'benevolence.' see ch. 19.22....
1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 20 V1 Wine is like a man who insults you. Beer is like a man who shouts at you. If wine and beer tempt you, then you are not wise....
People often say that they are loyal to their friends. Troubles will test whether their words were true. Anyone can say such words. But when problems come, many people do not try to help their friends...
רָב ־אָדָ֗ם יִ֭קְרָא אִ֣ישׁ חַסְדֹּ֑ו וְ אִ֥י
CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimpse of t...
SOBRIETY; INDUSTRY; HONESTY Proverbs 20:1-15 Strong drink is the greatest of all foes to human happiness. It gains an influence over men by fair promises, but when once it is entrenched, it mocks at...
Verse Proverbs 20:9. This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14. "It is bad, it is bad," is the descrip...
_Faithful. Few continue steady to their engagements or friends, whom they will assist to a certain point. In God these two virtues always go together, Psalm lxxxiv. 11. But they are rarely found in me...
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. It i...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
MOST MEN WILL PROCLAIM EVERYONE HIS OWN GOODNESS,.... As the Pharisee did, in Luke 18:11; and as the Pharisees in common did; who did all their works to be seen of men, and made clean the outside of t...
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? Ver. 6. _Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness._] As the kings of Egypt would needs be called Eυεργεται...
_Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness_ “Most men are ready enough to claim to themselves a large share of piety and virtue;” _but a faithful man who can find?_ “Where is that man of true...
V. 6. MOST MEN WILL PROCLAIM EVERY ONE HIS OWN GOODNESS, literally, "Many a man meets a man of his pleasantness," for an outward show of pleasantness, an amiable exterior, is not unusual; BUT A FAITHF...
GOODNESS: Or, bounty...
Most men are forward to profess religion, and speak of their own good deeds; but a faithful man, one who is indeed what he seemeth and professeth himself to be, WHO CAN FIND? there are but few such to...
Proverbs 20:6 Most H7230 men H120 proclaim H7121 (H8799) each H376 goodness H2617 find H4672 (H8799) faithful...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
Proverbs 20:1. _Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging._ In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1. Cyrus, after notic...
_Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness; but a faithful man, who can find?_ ON GOODNESS AND FIDELITY I. What are we to understand by “goodness” and a “faithful man”?--Goodness often means...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 20:6. Miller reads the first clause of this verse, “_Much of the mere man one calls his goodness_,” _i.e._, “Much that is merely human.” He allows, however, that the usual re...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 20:1 WINE IS A MOCKER; or, scorner, the word (_luts_) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its influence. Thus...
Into chapter 20. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1). He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next week,...
2 Corinthians 12:11; Ecclesiastes 7:28; Jeremiah 5:1; John 1:47;...