Proverbs 22:10
in Proverbs 22Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
KJV
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
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This verse in Proverbs 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseIf some persist in their disobedience, finding fault in secret and not openly stating their grievance, thus becoming the cause of quarreling in the community and undermining the authority of the commands given, they should be dismissed from the community as teachers of disobedience and rebellion. For the Scripture says, "Cast out the scoffer from the council, and contention shall go out with him" and also, "Put away the evil one from yourselves, for a little leaven corrupts the whole lump."
This site's exposition
Drive out the mocker, and conflict
on Proverbs 22:10-12
"Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart," so strife has a cause that can be removed. He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips "will have the king for a friend." "The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge," and He frustrates the words of the faithless.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
"Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out," etc. Drive out the heretic whom you cannot correct from the Church; and when you take away his freedom to preach, you contribute to the peace of the Catholic Church.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Cast out the scorner,.... That makes a mock at sin, a jest at religion, and scoffs at all good men, and everything serious and spiritual; cast such an one out of all company and conversation; out of the family, as mocking Ishmael was cast out of Abraham's family; and out of the church, and all religious societies.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
He who loves one pure of heart with charm on his lips One whose lips have grace.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גָּ֣רֵֽשׁ | garesh | drive out | H1644 → | |
| לֵ֭ץ | letz | a mocker | H3887 → | 28 times |
| וְיֵצֵ֣א | veyetze' | so <it> may go out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מָד֑וֹן | madon | strife | H4066 → | 10 times |
| וְ֝יִשְׁבֹּ֗ת | veyishbot | so <it> may cease | H7673 → | |
| דִּ֣ין | din | dispute | H1779 → | 20 times |
| וְקָלֽוֹן׃ | vekalon | and shame | H7036 → | 17 times |
גָּ֣רֵֽשׁdrive out
gareshH1644 →
לֵ֭ץa mocker
letzH3887 →28 times
וְיֵצֵ֣אso <it> may go out
veyetze'H3318 →1067 times
מָד֑וֹןstrife
madonH4066 →10 times
וְ֝יִשְׁבֹּ֗תso <it> may cease
veyishbotH7673 →
דִּ֣יןdispute
dinH1779 →20 times
וְקָלֽוֹן׃and shame
vekalonH7036 →17 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 5:13God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 17:7
The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 13:5
Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the…
- Deuteronomy 21:21
Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
- Matthew 18:17
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
- Deuteronomy 22:24
you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he…
- Deuteronomy 17:7
Through
Proverbs 21:24Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.
it leads to
- Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8–9
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
- Psalms 1:1
Through
Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
it leads to
- Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
- Proverbs 27:3
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on Basil of Caesarea, THE LONG RULES 47; Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.