Proverbs 22:10
Drive away the scorner, and strife will go off; and then will cease contention and dishonor.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
In Context
9A man of a benevolent eye will indeed be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
11He that loveth with a pure heart, and hath grace on his lips, will have the king as his friend.
Cross References
Judges 9:55And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place.
Nehemiah 13:28And one of the sons of Joyada', the son of Elyashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Choronite; wherefore I chased him away from me.
Proverbs 18:6The lips of the fool come with contention, and his mouth calleth for blows.
Proverbs 26:20Where there is no wood, the fire goeth out: so where there is no whisperer, strife is silenced.
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 →