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Proverbs 20:11
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Proverbs 20:11
11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
11Euen a childe is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure, and whether it be right.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 20:11
Indeed or precisely; adding emphasis to what follows.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A son or daughter; a young person; a descendant; or one characterized by a stated relation or quality.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Recognized, understood, perceived, acknowledged, or made evident.
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Which of two; also introducing alternatives or uncertainty.
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Labor, activity, deed, operation, or a result produced; as a verb, to labor, act, make, produce, or bring about.
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Free from mixture, contamination, guilt, or moral defilement; genuine, clean, holy, or innocent according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Straight, correct, just, proper, or belonging to a lawful claim; also the opposite of left.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
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Open the full verse study43For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
44For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
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Open the full verse study8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
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Open the full verse study46And 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.
47And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
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Open the full verse study15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
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Open the full verse study5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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Open the full verse study3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
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Open the full verse study66And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
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Open the full verse study15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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