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Proverbs 20:30

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The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
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  1. Hebrews 12:10Rank 1 from verse 30
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    10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

  2. Proverbs 22:15Rank 2 from verse 30
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    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  3. Proverbs 19:25Rank 3 from verse 30
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    25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

  4. Isaiah 53:5Rank 4 from verse 30
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    5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

  5. Isaiah 27:9Rank 5 from verse 30
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    9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

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Proverbs 20:30

COMBINED MEANING

wound

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1. An injury or hurt, or to cause one. 2. As the past tense of ‘wind,’ wrapped or bound around.

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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inward

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1. Within or toward the inside. 2. Belonging to the inner person. 3. Intimate or close.

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parts

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Sense 1: Portions or divisions of a whole. Sense 2: Divides, separates, departs, or assigns shares.

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20:29The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

20:30The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

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21:1THE king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

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