Proverbs 20:30
Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Note cleanseth…: Heb. is a purging medicine against
Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes reach the innermost parts.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- cleanseth away evil
- Heb. is a purging medicine againstevil. stripes.
- Proverbs 19:25; Proverbs 22:15; Isaiah 27:9; Hebrews 12:10