Proverbs 20:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.
  • Prov 19:25 : 25 When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.
  • Isa 53:5 : 5 But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.

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  • Prov 17:10
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    10 A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

  • Exod 21:25
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    25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.

  • Isa 1:5-6
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    71%

    5 Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.

    6 The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.

  • Prov 20:29
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    29 The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs.

  • Job 5:17-18
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    17 Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

    18 For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.

  • Prov 3:8
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    8 This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

  • Prov 26:22
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    22 The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

  • Prov 18:8
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    8 The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29 Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

  • Isa 53:5
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    5 But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.

  • Prov 17:22
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    22 A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

  • 1 Pet 2:24
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    24 He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

  • Job 20:24-25
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    67%

    24 He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;

    25 He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears.

  • Job 14:22
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    22 Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.

  • Prov 30:33
    67%

    33 The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.

  • Prov 10:13
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    13 In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

  • Deut 25:2-3
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    2 And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.

    3 He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you.

  • Heb 12:6
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    6 For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

  • Lev 13:18
    66%

    18 And if a bad place has come out on the skin and is well again,

  • Prov 6:33
    66%

    33 Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.

  • Jer 30:12
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    12 For the Lord has said, Your disease may not be made well and your wound is bitter.

  • Prov 11:17
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    17 The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

  • Prov 22:15
    66%

    15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

  • Prov 14:30
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    30 A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

  • Prov 12:18
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    18 There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

  • Eccl 11:10
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    10 So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

  • Prov 23:35
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    35 They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.

  • Prov 16:6
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    6 By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

  • Prov 18:14
    65%

    14 The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?

  • Exod 21:18-19
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    18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;

    19 If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.

  • Prov 4:22
    65%

    22 For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

  • Lev 24:19-20
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    19 And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;

    20 Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.

  • Deut 19:20
    65%

    20 And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.

  • Prov 19:25
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    25 When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

  • Prov 23:14
    65%

    14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.

  • Job 33:19
    65%

    19 Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;

  • Prov 27:6
    65%

    6 The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

  • Ps 129:3
    65%

    3 The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

  • Prov 13:24
    65%

    24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

  • Jer 4:18
    65%

    18 Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.

  • Prov 20:27
    65%

    27 The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.

  • Prov 15:13
    64%

    13 A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

  • Job 19:29
    64%

    29 Be in fear of the sword, for the sword is the punishment for such things, so that you may be certain that there is a judge.