Proverbs 20:11

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Even a young person is known by their actions—whether their conduct is pure and upright.

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  • Matt 7:16 : 16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
  • Prov 21:8 : 8 The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
  • Ps 51:5 : 5 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
  • Ps 58:3 : 3 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; your hands mete out violence on the earth.
  • Luke 6:43-44 : 43 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from bramble bushes.
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
  • Luke 1:66 : 66 All those who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying, 'What then will this child become?' For indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.
  • Luke 2:46-47 : 46 After three days, they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.

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  • Prov 20:9-10
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    9Who can say, 'I have cleansed my heart; I am pure from my sin'?

    10Differing weights and differing measures—both are detestable to the Lord.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9The one who walks in integrity walks securely, but the one who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 20:7
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    7The righteous person walks in their integrity; blessed are their children after them.

  • 1 John 3:7
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    7Little children, let no one lead you astray. The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

  • Prov 20:12
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    12The hearing ear and the seeing eye—the Lord has made both of them.

  • Eccl 12:14
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    14For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

  • Job 21:19
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    19God stores up their iniquity for their children. Let him repay them so that they may experience it themselves.

  • Prov 21:2
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    2Every person's way seems right in their own eyes, but the LORD evaluates the hearts.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and He examines all his paths.

  • Prov 24:12
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    12If you say, 'We did not know about this,' won't the one who examines hearts perceive it? Won't the one who guards your soul know? He will repay everyone according to their deeds.

  • Prov 16:11
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    11Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord; all the weights in the bag are His making.

  • Matt 7:20
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    20So then, you will recognize them by their fruits.

  • Jer 17:10
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    10I, the LORD, search the heart and test the mind, to give each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but a full and accurate weight is His delight.

  • Prov 20:23-24
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    23Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord, and deceitful scales are not good.

    24A person's steps are directed by the Lord; how then can anyone understand their own way?

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

  • Ezek 18:14
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    14Now suppose this person has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed. Though he sees them, he does not do such things:

  • Prov 30:12
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    12There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet it is not cleansed from its filth.

  • 1 John 2:29
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    29If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in his ways and rich.

  • Isa 7:16
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    16For before the boy knows to reject what is wrong and choose what is right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

  • Prov 16:2
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    2All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

  • Ps 18:26
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    26To the faithful You show Yourself faithful; to the blameless You show Yourself blameless.

  • Job 34:11
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    11For He repays a man for his deeds and brings upon him what his conduct deserves.

  • Prov 2:9
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    9Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity—the entire good path.

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    20Those with twisted hearts are detestable to the Lord, but His delight is in those whose ways are blameless.

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    27To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

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    15The rod of correction and discipline impart wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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    21For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees all his steps.

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    3The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, watching both the wicked and the good.

  • Matt 7:17
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    17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

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    31If the righteous are repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Matt 12:33
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    33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.

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    11Death and destruction lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of humans!

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    5The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    10Are there still treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and dishonest measures that are detestable?

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  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be a fool with twisted lips.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but a person of wicked schemes is condemned.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 5:25
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    25Similarly, good works are also evident, and those that are otherwise cannot remain hidden.

  • Eccl 11:9
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    9Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be glad in the days of your prime. Follow the ways of your heart and the sights of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face, but an upright person considers their way.

  • Prov 29:21
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    21If a servant is pampered from youth, in the end he will cause grief.