Proverbs 20:30

King James Version 1611 (Original)

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  • Prov 19:25 : 25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
  • 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 reproof entereth more into a wise man than an 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 should ye be stricken any more? ye will 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 putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

  • Prov 20:29
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    29The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

  • Job 5:17-18
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    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 shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

  • Prov 26:22
    68%

    22The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

  • Prov 18:8
    68%

    8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

  • Prov 19:29
    67%

    29Judgments are prepared for scorners, 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 merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  • 1 Pet 2:24
    67%

    24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should 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 steel shall strike him through.

    25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

  • Job 14:22
    67%

    22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

  • Prov 30:33
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    33Surely 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
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    13In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

  • Deut 25:2-3
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    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 fault, by a certain number.

    3Forty stripes he may give him, and 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%

    18The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,

  • Prov 6:33
    66%

    33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

  • Jer 30:12
    66%

    12For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is 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 in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 14:30
    66%

    30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

  • Prov 12:18
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    18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

  • Eccl 11:10
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    10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

  • Prov 23:35
    66%

    35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; 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 purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

  • Prov 18:14
    65%

    14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  • Exod 21:18-19
    2 verses
    65%

    18And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth 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 neighbour; 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 done to him again.

  • Deut 19:20
    65%

    20And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

  • Prov 19:25
    65%

    25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: 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 hell.

  • Job 33:19
    65%

    19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

  • Prov 27:6
    65%

    6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

  • 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, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

  • Prov 20:27
    65%

    27The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

  • Prov 15:13
    64%

    13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the 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.