Proverbs 20:11

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 7:16 : 16 From their fruits ye shall know them; do `men' gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?
  • Prov 21:8 : 8 Froward `is' the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright `is' his work.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.
  • Ps 51:5 : 5 Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
  • Ps 58:3 : 3 The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
  • Luke 6:43-44 : 43 `For there is not a good tree making bad fruit, nor a bad tree making good fruit; 44 for each tree from its own fruit is known, for not from thorns do they gather figs, nor from a bramble do they crop a grape.
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;
  • Luke 1:66 : 66 and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, `What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.
  • Luke 2:46-47 : 46 And it came to pass, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them, 47 and all those hearing him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

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  • Prov 20:9-10
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    9Who saith, `I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

    10A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them `are' an abomination to Jehovah.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8Froward `is' the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright `is' his work.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

  • Prov 20:7
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    7The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

  • 1 John 3:7
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    7Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

  • Prov 20:12
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    12A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

  • Eccl 12:14
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    14For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'

  • Job 21:19
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    19God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him -- and he knoweth.

  • Prov 21:2
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    2Every way of a man `is' right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

  • Prov 24:12
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    12When thou sayest, `Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

  • Prov 16:11
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    11A just beam and balances `are' Jehovah's, His work `are' all the stones of the bag.

  • Matt 7:20
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    20therefore from their fruits ye shall know them.

  • Jer 17:10
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    10I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1Balances of deceit `are' an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight `is' His delight.

  • Prov 20:23-24
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    23An abomination to Jehovah `are' a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit `are' not good.

    24From Jehovah `are' the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

  • Ezek 18:14
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    14And -- lo, he hath begotten a son, And he seeth all the sins of his father, That he hath done, and he feareth, And doth not do like them,

  • Prov 30:12
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    12A generation -- pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.

  • 1 John 2:29
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    29if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

  • Isa 7:16
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    16For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings.

  • Prov 16:2
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    2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

  • Ps 18:26
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    26With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,

  • Job 34:11
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    11For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.

  • Prov 2:9
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    9Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness -- every good path.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20An abomination to Jehovah `are' the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way `are' His delight.

  • 2 Sam 22:27
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    27With the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure, And with the perverse Thou shewest Thyself a wrestler.

  • Prov 29:15
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    15A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

  • Job 34:21
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    21For His eyes `are' on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.

  • Prov 15:3
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    3In every place are the eyes of Jehovah, Watching the evil and the good.

  • Matt 7:17
    69%

    17so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.

  • Prov 11:31
    69%

    31Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

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

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

  • Prov 15:11
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    11Sheol and destruction `are' before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.

  • Prov 11:5
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    5The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    68%

    10Are there yet `in' the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah?

    11Do I reckon `it' pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse `in' his lips, who `is' a fool.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.

  • 1 Tim 5:25
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    25in like manner also the right works are manifest beforehand, and those that are otherwise are not able to be hid.

  • Eccl 11:9
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    9Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.

  • Prov 29:21
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    21Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, `At' his latter end also he is continuator.