Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the one who ridicules, and conflict will go out with him, and accusations and insults will cease.

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In The King James Version

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

In Context

9Whoever is inclined to mercy shall be blessed, for from his bread he has given to the poor. Whoever gives gifts will acquire victory and honor. But he carries away the soul of the receiver.

11Whoever loves cleanness of heart, because of the grace of his lips, will have the king as his friend.

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Cross References

Judges 9:55And when he was dead, all those of Israel who were with him returned to their homes.

Nehemiah 13:28Now one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the high priest, was a son-in-law to Sanballat, a Horonite, and I made him flee from me.

Proverbs 18:6The lips of the foolish meddle in disputes. And his mouth provokes conflicts.

Proverbs 26:20When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled.

1 Corinthians 5:5to hand over such a one as this to Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:10

9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. Here is, 1. The description of a charitable man; he has a bountiful eye, opposed to the evil eye ( ch. xxiii. 6 ) and the same with the single eye ( Matt. vi. 22 ),—an eye that seeks out objects of charity, besides those that offer themselves,—an eye that, upon the sight of one in want and misery, affects the heart with compassion,—an eye that with the alms gives a pleasant look, which makes the alms doubly acceptable. He has… Read the whole commentary →

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