Proverbs 20:11
Even a youth is known by his actions, 1 by whether his conduct is pure and upright. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 unequal measures— 1 Yahweh hates them both. 1
12Ears that hear and eyes that see— 1 Yahweh made them both. 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 34:3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of David, his ancestor. In the twelfth year, he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the Asherah poles, and the carved figures and the cast metal figures.
Psalms 58:3The wicked go astray even when they are in the womb; 1 they go astray from birth, speaking lies. 1
Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, 1 but the rod of discipline drives it far away. 1
Luke 1:15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb.
Luke 2:46It came about that after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, 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 →