Proverbs 22:10
Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
World Messianic 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 has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
11He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
Cross References
Judges 9:55When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each departed to his place.
Nehemiah 13:28One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.
Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
Proverbs 26:20For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
1 Corinthians 5:5you are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Yeshua.
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 →