Proverbs 20:30

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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
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    10¶ A 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
    71%

    29¶ The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.

  • Job 5:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17¶ Behold, 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%

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

  • Prov 19:29
    67%

    29¶ Judgments 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%

    22¶ A 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
    67%

    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
    67%

    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.

  • 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 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%

    18¶ The 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%

    17¶ The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.

  • Prov 22:15
    66%

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

  • Prov 14:30
    66%

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

  • Prov 12:18
    66%

    18¶ There is that speaketh 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 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%

    6¶ By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.

  • Prov 18:14
    65%

    14¶ The 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%

    25¶ Smite 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%

    19¶ He 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%

    24¶ He 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%

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

  • Prov 15:13
    64%

    13¶ A 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.