Proverbs 22:10
Get rid of the scornful, and you'll get rid of conflict too—no more arguments or insults!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
In Context
9If you're generous, you'll be blessed, for you share your food with those in need.
11Anyone who loves sincerity and a gracious way of speaking will have the king as their friend.
Cross References
Judges 9:55When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all left and went home.
Nehemiah 13:28Even one of the sons of Jehoiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. So I expelled him.
Proverbs 18:6What stupid people say gets them into fights, as if they're asking for a beating.
Proverbs 26:20Without wood, the fire goes out; and without gossips, arguments stop.
1 Corinthians 5:5Hand over this man to Satan so his sinful nature may be destroyed and he himself be saved on the day of the Lord.
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 →