Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

General references

Proverbs 21:8

The way of the guilty is [exceedingly] crooked,
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
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.
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].
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?
Luke 1:15
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 2:46
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
For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.