Proverbs 20:30 “Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.”

Proverbs 20:30

Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.

American Standard Version

Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes reach the innermost parts.

Geneva Bible 1599

The blewnes of the wound serueth to purge the euill, and the stripes within the bowels of the belly.

Darby Translation

Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly.

Young's Literal Translation

The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!

Bible in Basic English

By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.

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Cross references

“stripes”

Hebrews 12:10 Proverbs 22:15 Proverbs 19:25 Isaiah 27:9

Hebrews 12:10 · BSB

Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

Proverbs 22:15 · BSB

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Proverbs 19:25 · BSB

Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

Isaiah 27:9 · BSB

Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standin…

Also

Isaiah 53:5

Isaiah 53:5 · BSB

But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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