Proverbs 20:30

American Standard Version (1901)

Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes [reach] the innermost parts.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  • Prov 19:25 : 25 Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
  • Isa 53:5 : 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:10
    73%

    10A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Exod 21:25
    72%

    25burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

  • Isa 1:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

    6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.

  • Prov 20:29
    71%

    29The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

  • Job 5:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

    18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

  • Prov 3:8
    69%

    8It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.

  • Prov 26:22
    68%

    22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

  • Prov 18:8
    68%

    8The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

  • Prov 19:29
    67%

    29Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

  • Isa 53:5
    67%

    5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

  • Prov 17:22
    67%

    22A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

  • 1 Pet 2:24
    67%

    24who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

  • Job 20:24-25
    2 verses
    67%

    24He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

    25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.

  • Job 14:22
    67%

    22But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.

  • Prov 30:33
    67%

    33For the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

  • Prov 10:13
    67%

    13In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

  • Deut 25:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.

    3Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

  • Heb 12:6
    67%

    6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

  • Lev 13:18
    66%

    18And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed,

  • Prov 6:33
    66%

    33Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.

  • Jer 30:12
    66%

    12For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.

  • Prov 11:17
    66%

    17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

  • Prov 22:15
    66%

    15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 14:30
    66%

    30A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

  • Prov 12:18
    66%

    18There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

  • Eccl 11:10
    66%

    10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

  • Prov 23:35
    66%

    35They have stricken me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

  • Prov 16:6
    65%

    6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.

  • Prov 18:14
    65%

    14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

  • Exod 21:18-19
    2 verses
    65%

    18And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

    19if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

  • Prov 4:22
    65%

    22For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.

  • Lev 24:19-20
    2 verses
    65%

    19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:

    20breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

  • Deut 19:20
    65%

    20And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.

  • Prov 19:25
    65%

    25Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 23:14
    65%

    14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

  • Job 33:19
    65%

    19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;

  • Prov 27:6
    65%

    6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

  • Ps 129:3
    65%

    3The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

  • Prov 13:24
    65%

    24He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

  • Jer 4:18
    65%

    18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.

  • Prov 20:27
    65%

    27The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.

  • Prov 15:13
    64%

    13A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

  • Job 19:29
    64%

    29Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.