Bible Strands
Proverbs 22:10
Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The wisdom author addresses a student within a sequence of practical directives, positioning this command between instructions on generosity and pure speech.
The words — לֵץ (letz) denotes a scornful mocker, and גָּרֵשׁ (garesh) issues the imperative to drive out or expel him.
The thread — The pattern of removing corrosive influence to stop conflict runs through Proverbs 26:20, 1 Corinthians 5:5, and 1 Corinthians 5:13.
Why it lands — The text commands the direct removal of contemptuous individuals as the necessary condition for ending strife and halting quarreling.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 26:20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 5:13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
- Genesis 21:9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
- Nehemiah 13:28 Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.
- Psalms 101:5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- Proverbs 18:6 A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
- Proverbs 21:24 Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.
- 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.
- Nehemiah 4:1 Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews