Proverbs 20:30

New American Bible - revised edition

Evil is cleansed away by bloody lashes, and a scourging to the inmost being.

Cross References

Psalm 89:32

If they fail to observe my statutes, do not keep my commandments,

Proverbs 19:25

Beat a scoffer and the naive learn a lesson; rebuke the intelligent and they gain knowledge.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound to the heart of a youth, but the rod of discipline will drive it out.

Proverbs 27:6

Trustworthy are the blows of a friend, dangerous, the kisses of an enemy.

Isaiah 27:9

This, then, shall be the expiation of Jacob’s guilt, this the result of removing his sin: He shall pulverize all the stones of the altars like pieces of chalk; no asherahs or incense altars shall stand.

Isaiah 53:5

But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed.

Hebrews 12:10

They disciplined us for a short time as seemed right to them, but he does so for our benefit, in order that we may share his holiness.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.