Proverbs 20:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

The bruises of a wound cleanse away evil, so do stripes the inner depths of the heart.

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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 Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten apart, 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 for 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 enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Exod 21:25
    72%

    25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

  • Isa 1:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

    6From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor soothed with ointment.

  • Prov 20:29
    71%

    29The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

  • Job 5:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty:

    18For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.

  • Prov 3:8
    69%

    8It shall be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

  • Prov 26:22
    68%

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

  • Prov 18:8
    68%

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

  • 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 for our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

  • Prov 17:22
    67%

    22A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

  • 1 Pet 2:24
    67%

    24Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

  • Job 20:24-25
    2 verses
    67%

    24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through.

    25It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes 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 brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.

  • Prov 10:13
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    13In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.

  • Deut 25:2-3
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    67%

    2And it shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his fault, by a number of strokes.

    3Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed; lest, if he should exceed and beat him with many more stripes, then your brother should appear vile to you.

  • Heb 12:6
    67%

    6For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."

  • Lev 13:18
    66%

    18The flesh also in which there was a boil and it is healed,

  • Prov 6:33
    66%

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

  • Jer 30:12
    66%

    12For thus says the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is severe.

  • Prov 11:17
    66%

    17The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles 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 life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

  • Prov 12:18
    66%

    18There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • Eccl 11:10
    66%

    10Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.

  • Prov 23:35
    66%

    35"They have struck me," you shall say, "and I was not hurt; they have beaten me, and I did not feel it; 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 one departs 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%

    18If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,

    19if he rises again and walks outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing.

  • Prov 4:22
    65%

    22For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

  • Lev 24:19-20
    2 verses
    65%

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

    20Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

  • Deut 19:20
    65%

    20And those who remain shall hear and fear, and shall no longer commit any such evil among you.

  • Prov 19:25
    65%

    25Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 23:14
    65%

    14You shall beat him with the rod, and 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 who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • Jer 4:18
    65%

    18Your way and your deeds have procured these things for you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart.

  • Prov 20:27
    65%

    27The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inner depths of the heart.

  • Prov 15:13
    64%

    13A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

  • Job 19:29
    64%

    29Be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.