Proverbs 20:30

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 89:32

I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises.

Proverbs 19:25

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

Proverbs 22:15

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

Proverbs 27:6

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

Isaiah 27:9

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.

Isaiah 53:5

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.

Hebrews 12:10

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.

1 Peter 2:24

He 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.