In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of his father David. In the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the Asherah poles, and the carved and molten images.
Proverbs 20:11 - Tree of Life Version Even a child is known by his actions, whether his conduct is pure and upright. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Even a child is known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even a child is known by his acts, whether [or not] what he does is pure and right. American Standard Version (1901) Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. Common English Bible Even young people are known by their actions, whether their conduct is pure and upright. Catholic Public Domain Version A child may be understood by his interests: whether his works may be clean and upright. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right. |
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of his father David. In the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the Asherah poles, and the carved and molten images.
No, in heart you devise injustice. Your hands weigh out violence on earth.
The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but a rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes aren’t gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles, are they?
He will be great before Adonai; and he should not drink wine and intoxicating beverage, but he will be filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh just out of his mother’s womb.
Everyone who heard pondered these things in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child become?” For the hand of Adonai was on him.