Proverbs 20:30
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.
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10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
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25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
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5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 From 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.
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29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
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17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
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8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
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22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
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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.
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22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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24 Who 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.
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24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
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22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
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33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
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13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
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2 And 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.
3 Forty 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.
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6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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18 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
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33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
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12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
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17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
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15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
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18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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35 They 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.
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6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
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14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
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18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
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22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
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19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
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20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
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25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
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14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
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6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
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24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
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27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
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13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
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29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.