Even a child makes himself known by his doings,
whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 20:11 in context
Proverbs 20:8–14
8
A king who sits on the throne of judgment
scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9
Who can say, “I have made my heart pure.
I am clean and without sin”?
10
Differing weights and differing measures,
both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
11
Selected verse
Even a child makes himself known by his doings,
whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
the LORD has made even both of them.
13
Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty.
Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14
“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer;
but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
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