Proverbs 20:11
גַּם בְּמַעֲלָלָיו יִתְנַכֶּר ־ נָעַר אִם ־ זַךְ וְאִם ־ יָשָׁר פָּעֳלֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
10אֶבֶן וָאֶבֶן אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה גַּם ־ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם ׃
12אֹזֶן שֹׁמַעַת וְעַיִן רֹאָה יְהוָה עָשָׂה גַם ־ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם ׃
Cross References
2 Chronicles 34:3וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶה שָׁנִים לְמָלְכוֹ וְהוּא עוֹדֶנּוּ נַעַר הֵחֵל לִדְרוֹשׁ לֵאלֹהֵי דָּוִיד אָבִיו וּבִשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה הֵחֵל לְטַהֵר אֶת ־ יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִַם מִן ־ הַבָּמוֹת וְהָאֲשֵׁרִים וְהַפְּסִלִים וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת ׃
Psalms 58:3אַף ־ בְּלֵב עוֹלֹת תִּפְעָלוּן בָּאָרֶץ חֲמַס יְדֵיכֶם תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן ׃
Proverbs 22:15אִוֶּלֶת קְשׁוּרָה בְלֶב ־ נָעַר שֵׁבֶט מוּסָר יַרְחִיקֶנָּה מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃
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 →