Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.
The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.
After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
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