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Proverbs 20:11
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Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
A childe also is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure and right.
Even a young man is known by his actions—by whether his behavior is pure and upright.
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, Whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
Even children show what they are like by the things they do. You can see if their actions are pure and right.
Even a boy is known and distinguished by his acts, Whether his conduct is pure and right.
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
The good or bad that children do shows what they are like.
The character of even a child is known by how he acts, by whether his deeds are pure and right.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Euen a childe is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure, and whether it be right.
A youth when in company with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, and then his way will be straight.
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Even a young man is known by his actions-whether his conduct is pure and upright.
Even by his acts, a young man will make himself known, whether his acts are pure and upright.
Even a child is known by his acts, whether his work is pure, or upright.
Even children are known by their behavior; their actions show if they are innocent and good.
Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.
Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether what he does is pure and right.
Even children are known by the way they act, whether their conduct is pure, and whether it is right.
A young man makes himself known by his actions and proves if his ways are pure and right.
Even, by his doings, doth a youth make himself known, whether, pure and upright, be his work.
By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his works are pure and whether they are right.
Even children show what they are by what they do; you can tell if they are honest and good.
It is by his deeds that a boy distinguishes himself, If his conduct is pure and right.
A chylde is knowen by his conuersation, whether his workes be pure and right.
Even children make themselves known by their acts, by whether what they do is pure and right.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
A child is vndurstondun bi hise studies, yf his werkis ben riytful and cleene.
Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, Whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
Even a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and right.
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, Whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [is] pure, and whether [it is] right.
Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.
A childe is knowne by his conuersacion, whether his workes be pure and right.
Young people eventually reveal by their actions if their motives are on the up and up.
It is by his deeds that a lad distinguishes himself If his conduct is pure and right.
It is by his deeds that a young man makes himself knownIf his conduct is pure and right.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 21:8, Proverbs 22:15, Psalms 51:5, Psalms 58:3, Matthew 7:16, Luke 1:15, Luke 1:66, Luke 2:46, Luke 2:47, Luke 6:43, Luke 6:44
Reciprocal: Genesis 21:9 - mocking 2 Kings 2:23 - little children 2 Kings 22:2 - right Psalms 36:1 - The transgression
Cross-References
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord , wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord , that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord .
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Even a child is known by his doings,.... As well as a man; "ye shall know them by their fruits", Matthew 7:16; professors and profane. So a child soon discovers its genius by its actions; it soon shows its inclination and disposition; and some shrewd guesses may be made how it will turn out, a wise man or a fool, a virtuous or a vicious man; though this does not always hold good, yet something may be observed, which may be a direction to parents in the education of their children, and placing them out to what is proper and suitable for them. Some observe, that the word has a quite contrary meaning, that "a child carries himself a stranger by his doings" e; so that he is not known by them: he so conceals and disguises himself, he acts so fraudulently and deceitfully, and plays the hypocrite, and puts the cheat on men, that they cannot tell what he is, nor what he will be; and if children can thus dissemble, as not to be known by their actions, then much more grown persons;
whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right; not what his present work is, or actions are, but what his later life and conversation will be; which in some measure may be judged of, though not with certainty and exactness; see Proverbs 22:6; especially when he acts a covert and deceitful part.
e ××ª× ×ר "ignotus erit", i.e. "non facile cognoscitur", Vatablus; so R. Joseph Kimchi; "simulat se alium esse", Gussetius, p. 413. "dissimulatorem agit", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The graces or the faults of children are not trifles. âThe child is father of the man;â and the earliest actions are prophecies of the future, whether it will be pure and right, or unclean and evil.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 20:11. Even a child is known by his doings — That is, in general terms, the effect shows the nature of the cause. "A childe is known by his conversation," says Coverdale. A child is easily detected when he has done evil; he immediately begins to excuse and vindicate himself, and profess his innocence, almost before accusation takes place. Some think the words should be understood, every child will dissemble; this amounts nearly to the meaning given above, But probably the principal this intended by the wise man is, that we may easily learn from the child what the man will be. In general, they give indications of those trades and callings for which they are adapted by nature. And, on the whole, we cannot go by a surer guide in preparing our children for future life, than by observing their early propensities. The future engineer is seen in the little handicraftsman of two years old. Many children are crossed in these early propensities to a particular calling, to their great prejudice, and the loss of their parents, as they seldom settle at, or succeed in, the business to which they are tied, and to which nature has given them no tendency. These infantine predilections to particular callings, we should consider as indications of Divine Providence, and its calling of them to that work for which they are peculiarly fitted.
