Proverbs 20:11 · KJV
“Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work {be} pure, and whether {it be} right.”
— Proverbs 20:11
Divers weights, {and} divers measures, both of them {are} alike abomination to the LORD. {Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone} {divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah}
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Proverbs 20 — Context
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10Divers weights, {and} divers measures, both of them {are} alike abomination to the LORD. {Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone} {divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah}
11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work {be} pure, and whether {it be} right.
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Cross References
Matthew 7:16
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Luke 6:43-44
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Proverbs 21:8
The way of man {is} froward and strange: but {as for} the pure, his work {is} right.
Luke 2:46-47
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
Psalms 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. {as soon...: Heb. from the belly}
Luke 1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. {conceive...: Heb. warm me}
Luke 1:66
And all they that heard {them} laid {them} up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.