Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scorner, and strife shall go out: so contention and reproche shall cease.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
In Context
9He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.
11Hee that loueth purenesse of heart for the grace of his lippes, the King shalbe his friend.
Cross References
Judges 9:55And when the men of Israel sawe that Abimelech was dead, they departed euery man vnto his owne place.
Nehemiah 13:28And one of the sonnes of Ioiada the sonne of Eliashib the hie Priest was the sonne in law of Sanballat the Horonite: but I chased him from me.
Proverbs 18:6A fooles lips come with strife, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
Proverbs 26:20Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a talebearer strife ceaseth.
1 Corinthians 5:5Be deliuered vnto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saued in the day of the Lord Iesus.
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 →