Proverbs 20:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Even a young man is known by his actions – by whether his behaviour is pure and upright.

Cross References

Matthew 7:16

You’ll recognise them by their fruit.   Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?

Proverbs 21:8

A guilty one’s conduct is crooked, but the behaviour of the innocent is upright.

Luke 1:15

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or beer.  He will be filled with the Holy Spirit  while still in his mother’s womb.

Luke 1:66

All who heard about him  took it to heart, saying, ‘What then will this child become? ’ For, indeed, the Lord’s hand was with him.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth; a rod of discipline will separate it from him.

Proverbs 20:12

The hearing ear and the seeing eye – the Lord made them both.

2 Chronicles 34:3

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David,  and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images,  and the cast images.