THEOSISProverbs 20:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
גַּ֣ם בְּ֭מַעֲלָלָיו יִתְנַכֶּר־נָ֑עַר אִם־זַ֖ךְ וְאִם־יָשָׁ֣ר פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 7:16By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
- Luke 6:43For there is no good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit: nor an evil tree that bringeth forth good fruit.
- Luke 6:44For every tree is known by its fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns: nor from a bramble bush do they gather the grape.
- Prov 21:8The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.
- Ps 58 (57):3
- Luke 2:46And it came to pass, that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them and asking them questions.
- Luke 2:47And all that heard him were astonished at his wisdom and his answers.
- Luke 1:15For he shall be great before the Lord and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.