Proverbs 20:11

WEB

¹¹Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

KJV

¹¹Even a child^[+] is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

BSB

¹¹Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.

FBV

¹¹Even children reveal what they're like by what they do, whether their actions are good and right.

Extra References

Matthew 7:16

¹⁶By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

⁴³“For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit. ⁴⁴For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don’t gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

Proverbs 21:8

⁸The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Luke 2:46-47

⁴⁶After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. ⁴⁷All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

Luke 1:15

¹⁵For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

Psalms 51:5

⁵Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin.

Psalms 58:3

³The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Luke 1:66

⁶⁶All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.

Proverbs 22:15

¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.