Proverbs 20:11
Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
In Context
10Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.
12The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 34:3In the eighth year of his rule, while he was still young, his heart was first turned to the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he undertook the clearing away of all the high places and the pillars and the images of wood and metal from Judah and Jerusalem.
Psalms 58:3\58:2\The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.
Proverbs 22:15Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.
Luke 1:15For 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 2:46And 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.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:11
10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord . See here, 1. The various arts of deceiving that men have, all which evils the love of money is the root of. In paying and receiving money, which was then commonly done by the scale, they had divers weights, an under-weight for what they paid and an over-weight for what they received; in delivering out and taking in goods they had divers measures, a scanty measure to sell by and a large measure to buy by. This was done wrong… Read the whole commentary →