Proverbs 20:11

Geneva Bible (1560)

A childe also is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure and right.

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  • Matt 7:16 : 16 Ye shall know them by their fruites. Doe men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thistles?
  • Prov 21:8 : 8 The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.
  • Ps 51:5 : 5 Beholde, I was borne in iniquitie, and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me.
  • Ps 58:3 : 3 The wicked are strangers from ye wombe: euen from the belly haue they erred, and speake lyes.
  • Luke 6:43-44 : 43 For it is not a good tree that bringeth foorth euill fruite: neither an euill tree, that bringeth foorth good fruite. 44 For euery tree is knowen by his owne fruite: for neither of thornes gather men figges, nor of bushes gather they grapes.
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 For he shalbe great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drinke wine, nor strong drinke: and he shalbe filled with the holy Ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.
  • Luke 1:66 : 66 And al they that heard them, laid them vp in their hearts, saying, What maner childe shall this be! and the hand of the Lord was with him.
  • Luke 2:46-47 : 46 And it came to passe three dayes after, that they found him in the Temple, sitting in the mids of the doctours, both hearing them, and asking them questions: 47 And all that heard him, were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres.

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