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Proverbs 20:11 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 20 · verse 11
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.Proverbs 20:11 · King James Version
Proverbs 20:11 in context
9Who 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.
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- doingsmaʻălâlan actH4611 →
- childnaʻara boy , from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288 →
- knownnâkarproperly, to scrutinizeH5234 →
- workpôʻalan act or workH6467 →
- purezakclearH2134 →
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The tree is known by its fruits, a man by his doings, even a young tree by its first fruits, a child by his childish things, whether his work be clean only, appearing good (the word is used Pro 16:2), or whether it be right, that is, really good. This intimates, 1. That children will discover themselves.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary