Ever noticed ? After almost 99% of a physical fight , both parties end up licking their wounds ? That's because in all fights , both parties receive blows , and , each of parties involved , in their minds , saying "Ishouldn't have done or said that " , or , " if I only had done or said this or that instead" . Even when one recieves a blow without having being engaged in any fight at all , one receives a blow because of something done or said something that necessitated some kind of a blow to stop the "action" taken , thus the person would end up saying " I shouldn't have done that " - Evil, whether thought or action , being driven out of them - But the Proverb doesn't stop there , that's because the Author is saying "even though the blow drove the evil thought out , it doesn't mean it wont be repeated , that's why he added the stripes , as in lashes , punishment of a sort , go deep within the innards , as in a constant reminder of the consequences .
A blow will stop an evil action .... Sripes will remind him what would happen if repeated .
However many cents that's worth
In Christ , our Lord