Proverbs 20:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Even children show what they are like by the things they do. You can see if their actions are pure and right.

Cross References

Matthew 7:16

You will know these people because of what they do. Good things don’t come from people who are bad, just as grapes don’t come from thornbushes, and figs don’t come from thorny weeds.

Proverbs 21:8

Criminals cause trouble wherever they go, but good people are honest and fair.

Psalm 58:3

Those wicked people started doing wrong as soon as they were born. They have been liars from birth.

Luke 1:15

He will be a great man for the Lord. He will never drink wine or beer. Even before he is born, he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Psalm 51:5

I was born to do wrong, a sinner before I left my mother’s womb.

Luke 1:66

Everyone who heard about these things wondered about them. They thought, “What will this child be?” They could see that the Lord was with him.

Proverbs 22:15

Children do foolish things, but if you punish them, they will learn not to do them.

Proverbs 20:12

It was the Lord who gave us eyes for seeing and ears for hearing.

2 Chronicles 34:3

When Josiah was in his eighth year as king, he began to follow the God worshiped by David his ancestor. He was still young when he began to obey God. When he was in his twelfth year as king he began to destroy the high places, the Asherah poles, and idols that were carved and idols that were made from molds from Judah and Jerusalem.