Proverbs 20:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 7:16 : 16 By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
  • Prov 21:8 : 8 Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.
  • Ps 51:5 : 5 Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
  • Ps 58:3 : 3 The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.
  • Luke 6:43-44 : 43 For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit. 44 For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.
  • Luke 1:66 : 66 And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.
  • Luke 2:46-47 : 46 And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them. 47 And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.

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