Proverbs 22:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Cast out the scorner - from the family (as Hagar and Ishmael, Genesis 21:9-10: 'Sarah saw the son of Hagar ... mocking, wherefore she said, Cast out, etc.), from the State, and from the Church. He who scorns God and man stirs up quarrels. To get rid of him is to get rid of "strife" (Hebrew, din, judicial contention).

Proverbs 22:10

10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.