Proverbs 20:11

Even a boy is known and distinguished by his acts,
Whether his conduct is pure and right.

Matthew 7:16

By their fruit you will recognize them [that is, by their contrived doctrine and self-focus]. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?

Proverbs 21:8

The way of the guilty is [exceedingly] crooked,
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.

Psalm 51:5

I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].

Psalm 58:3

The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of discipline [correction administered with godly wisdom and lovingkindness] will remove it far from him.

for he will be great and distinguished in the sight of the Lord; and will never drink wine or liquor, and he will be filled with and empowered to act by the Holy Spirit while still in his mother’s womb.

Luke 1:66

All who heard these things kept them in mind, saying, “What then will this little boy turn out to be?” For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him [to bring about his birth].

Luke 2:46-47

Three days later they found Him in the [court of the] temple, sitting among the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.

Luke 6:43-44

For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.

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