Proverbs 20:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Proverbs 20:11 —

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Cross-References

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Matthew 7:16
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Luke 6:43-44
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. …
Proverbs 21:8
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Luke 2:46-47
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. …
Psalms 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11)

The tree is known by its fruits, a man by his doings, even a young tree by its first fruits, a child by his childish things, whether his work be clean only, appearing good (the word is used Prov. 16:2), or whether it be right, that is, really good. This intimates, 1. That children will discover themselves. One may soon see what their temper is, and which way their inclination leads them, according…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. The conduct of children even is the best test of principle (compare Mt 7:16).