Proverbs 22 · Verse 10

Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Proverbs 22:10, King James Version

Proverbs 22:10 in other translations

BSBDrive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
WEBDrive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
ASVCast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
YLTCast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.
DARBYCast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
BBESend away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.
WebsterCast out the scorner, and contention shall end; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.

What does Proverbs 22:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. Cast out--or drive away. Scorners foster strife by taunts and revilings.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Profane scoffers and revilers disturb the peace.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 22:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גָּ֣רֵֽשׁGa.reshdrive outH1644
לֵ֭ץletza mockerH3887
וְיֵצֵ֣אve.ye.Tze'so <it> may go outH3318
מָד֑וֹןma.DonstrifeH4066
וְ֝יִשְׁבֹּ֗תve.yish.Botso <it> may ceaseH7673
דִּ֣יןdindisputeH1779
וְקָלֽוֹן\׃ve.ka.Lonand shameH7036

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 22:10

  • 1 Corinthians 5:5-6

    To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

  • Proverbs 26:20-21

    Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:13

    But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

  • Psalms 101:5

    Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

  • Nehemiah 13:28

    And one 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.

  • Genesis 21:9-10

    And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

  • Matthew 18:17

    And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

  • Proverbs 18:6

    A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

  • Proverbs 21:24

    Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

  • Nehemiah 4:1-3

    But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21:24; 26:20,21; Ge 21:9,10; Ne 4:1-3; 13:28; Ps 101:5; Mt 18:17
1Co 5:5,6,13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 22:9

    He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

  • Proverbs 22:10

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

  • Proverbs 22:11

    He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

Read all of Proverbs 22

Proverbs 22:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Echa fuera al escarnecedor, y saldrá la contienda, y cesará el pleito y la afrenta.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Chasse le moqueur, et la querelle s’en ira, et les disputes et la honte cesseront.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Treibe den Spötter fort, so geht der Zank hinaus, und Streit und Schande hören auf.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ejice derisorem, et exibit cum eo jurgium, cessabuntque causæ et contumeliæ.