Proverbs 22:10
If you get rid of those who make fun of everything that is good, there will no more arguing or quarreling or insulting other people.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
In Context
9God will bless those who are generous [IDM], those who give some of their food to poor people.
11If you always act sincerely [IDM] and always speak kindly, the king will be your friend.
Cross References
Judges 9:55When the Israeli soldiers saw that Abimelech was dead, they all returned to their homes.
Nehemiah 13:28One of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the Supreme Priest, had married the daughter of our enemy Sanballat, from Beth-Horon town. So I forced Jehoiada’s son to leave Jerusalem.
Proverbs 18:6When foolish people [SYN] start arguments, it is as though they [SYN] are requesting/inviting someone to flog/whip them.
Proverbs 26:20If there is no more firewood to put on the fire, the fire will go out; similarly [SIM], if there are no people who ◄gossip/tell people things that are not true►, quarreling will end.
1 Corinthians 5:5you should hand that man over to Satan. Then Satan can injure/punish his body, in order that he will turn away from his sinful behavior and his spirit will be saved on the day when the Lord returns [MTY].
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 →