Proverbs 20:30

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
  • Prov 19:25 : 25 Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 So in this way Jacob’s sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.
  • Isa 53:5 : 5 He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:10
    73%

    10A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

  • Exod 21:25
    72%

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

  • Isa 1:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole heart is sick.

    6From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.

  • Prov 20:29
    71%

    29The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair.

  • Job 5:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

    18For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.

  • Prov 3:8
    69%

    8This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.

  • Prov 26:22
    68%

    22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; and they have gone down into a person’s innermost being.

  • Prov 18:8
    68%

    8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; and they have gone down into the person’s innermost being.

  • Prov 19:29
    67%

    29Penalties have been prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

  • Isa 53:5
    67%

    5He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.

  • Prov 17:22
    67%

    22A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

  • 1 Pet 2:24
    67%

    24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.

  • Job 20:24-25
    2 verses
    67%

    24If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.

    25When he pulls it out and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver, terrors come over him.

  • Job 14:22
    67%

    22His flesh only has pain for him, and he mourns for himself.”

  • Prov 30:33
    67%

    33For as the churning of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.

  • Prov 10:13
    67%

    13Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks sense will be disciplined.

  • Deut 25:2-3
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    67%

    2Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.

    3The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt.

  • Heb 12:6
    67%

    6“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”

  • Lev 13:18
    66%

    18A Boil on the Skin“When someone’s body has a boil on its skin and it heals,

  • Prov 6:33
    66%

    33He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;

  • Jer 30:12
    66%

    12The Lord Will Heal the Wounds of Judah Moreover, the LORD says to the people of Zion,“Your injuries are incurable; your wounds are severe.

  • Prov 11:17
    66%

    17A kind person benefits himself, but a cruel person brings himself trouble.

  • Prov 22:15
    66%

    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

  • Prov 14:30
    66%

    30A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

  • Prov 12:18
    66%

    18Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.

  • Eccl 11:10
    66%

    10Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

  • Prov 23:35
    66%

    35You will say,“They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”

  • Prov 16:6
    65%

    6Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the LORD one avoids evil.

  • Prov 18:14
    65%

    14A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness– but who can bear a crushed spirit?

  • Exod 21:18-19
    2 verses
    65%

    18“If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,

    19and then if he gets up and walks about outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay for the injured person’s loss of time and see to it that he is fully healed.

  • Prov 4:22
    65%

    22for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.

  • Lev 24:19-20
    2 verses
    65%

    19If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him–

    20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth– just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

  • Deut 19:20
    65%

    20The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.

  • Prov 19:25
    65%

    25Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 23:14
    65%

    14If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

  • Job 33:19
    65%

    19Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

  • Prov 27:6
    65%

    6Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.

  • Ps 129:3
    65%

    3The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.

  • Prov 13:24
    65%

    24The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

  • Jer 4:18
    65%

    18“The way you have lived and the things you have done will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart.”

  • Prov 20:27
    65%

    27The human spirit is like the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.

  • Prov 15:13
    64%

    13A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.

  • Job 19:29
    64%

    29Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment.”