Proverbs 20:11
¶ Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
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Referenced Verses
- Matt 7:16 : 16 ‹Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?›
- Prov 21:8 : 8 ¶ The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.
- Prov 22:15 : 15 ¶ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- Ps 51:5 : 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- Ps 58:3 : 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
- Luke 6:43-44 : 43 ‹For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.› 44 ‹For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.›
- Luke 1:15 : 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
- Luke 1:66 : 66 And all they that heard [them] laid [them] up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
- Luke 2:46-47 : 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
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10 ¶ Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
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7 ¶ The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
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