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Wine Is a Mocker

Proverbs 20:11

In 11 translations

BSB
Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.
KJV
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
WEB
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
ASV
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
LSV
Even by his actions a youth makes himself known, || Whether his work is pure or upright.
YLT
Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.
DBY
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
DRC
By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
GNV
A childe also is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure and right.
JPS
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
LXXE
A youth when in company with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, and then his way will be straight.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
גַּ֣ם בְּ֭מַעֲלָלָיו יִתְנַכֶּר־נָ֑עַר אִם־זַ֖ךְ וְאִם־יָשָׁ֣ר פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν αὐτοῦ συμποδισθήσεται νεανίσκος μετὰ ὁσίου, καὶ εὐθεῖα ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 7:16By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
  • Luke 6:43–44No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.
  • Proverbs 21:8The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
  • Luke 2:46–47Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.
  • Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
  • Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
  • Luke 1:15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
  • Luke 1:66And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
  • Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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