Proverbs 20:11
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, 2 whether his work is pure, and whether it is right. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
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
10Differing weights and differing measures, 2 both of them alike are an abomination to Adonai. 1
12The sh'ma ·hearing obeying· ear, and the seeing eye, 2 Adonai has made even both of them. 1
Cross References
Psalms 58:3The wicked go astray from the womb. 2 They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies. 1
Proverbs 22:15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: 2 the rod of discipline drives it far from him. 1
Luke 1:15For he will be great in the sight of MarYah [Master Yahweh], and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with Ruach haKodesh [Spirit, Breath of the Holiness], even from his mother’s womb.
Luke 2:46+ 2:46 (46-47) MP: Messiah has the Spirit of Understanding (Ex 31:3). (Is 11:2a) After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.
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 →