Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and reproach will cease.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
In Context
9He who hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, Because he giveth of his bread to the poor.
11He who loveth purity of heart, Grace is upon his lips, and the king will be his friend.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:6The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth calleth for blows.
Proverbs 26:20Where there is no wood, the fire goeth out; So, where there is no talebearer, contention ceaseth.
1 Corinthians 5:5to deliver such a man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, that his spirit may be saved in 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 →