Proverbs 22:10
Cast out a scorner — and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
In Context
9The good of eye — he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
11Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace [are] his lips, a king [is] his friend.
Cross References
Judges 9:55And the men of Israel see that Abimelech [is] dead, and go each one to his place;
Nehemiah 13:28And [one] of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest, [is] son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, and I cause him to flee from off me.
Proverbs 18:6The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.
Proverbs 26:20Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
1 Corinthians 5:5to deliver up such a one to the Adversary for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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 →