Proverbs 22:10
Cast out a pestilent person from the council, and strife shall go out with him; for when he sits in the council he dishonors all.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 9:55And the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead; and they went each to his place.
Nehemiah 13:28and Elisub the high priest, one of the sons of Joada, being son-in-law of Sanaballat the Uranite, I chased him away from me.
Proverbs 18:6The lips of a fool bring him into troubles, and his bold mouth calls for death.
Proverbs 26:20With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.
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 →