Proverbs 20:30

Modern English Version

The blows of a wound cleanse away evil, so beatings purge the innermost depths of the heart.

Cross References

Hebrews 12:10

For they indeed disciplined us for a short time according to their own judgment, but He does so for our profit, that we may partake of His holiness.

Proverbs 22:15

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

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn what is prudent; reprove one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

Isaiah 53:5

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed.

Isaiah 27:9

Through this, therefore, the iniquity of Jacob shall be forgiven, and this will be the full price of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are pulverized, when the groves and incense altars shall not stand.

1 Peter 2:24

He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness. “By His wounds you were healed.”

Psalm 89:32

then will I punish their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Proverbs 27:6

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