Proverbs 22:10

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Gen 21:9-9 : 9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 10 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.
  • Neh 4:1-3 : 1 ¶ 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. 2 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? 3 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.
  • Neh 13:28 : 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.
  • Ps 101:5 : 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.
  • Prov 21:24 : 24 ¶ Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
  • 1 Cor 5:13 : 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
  • Prov 26:20-21 : 20 ¶ Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. 21 [As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
  • Matt 18:17 : 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.›
  • 1 Cor 5:5-6 : 5 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. 6 Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
  • Prov 18:6 : 6 ¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

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  • Isa 29:20-21
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    20For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

    21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

  • 14¶ The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

  • 10¶ Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.

  • Prov 9:7-8
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    7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.

    8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

  • 25¶ Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 29:8-9
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    8¶ Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.

    9¶ [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.

  • 12¶ A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

  • 3¶ [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

  • 18¶ A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.

  • 9The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.

  • 1¶ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

  • 24¶ Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

  • 3¶ When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

  • 31¶ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

  • 1¶ A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

  • 11¶ When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

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    20¶ Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

    21[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.

  • 6¶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.

  • 18¶ The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

  • 6¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

  • 8¶ Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

  • 28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

  • 8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

  • 10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

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    27¶ Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.

    28¶ An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

    29¶ Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  • 1¶ Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.

  • 3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

  • 5¶ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

  • 34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

  • 19The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

  • 4¶ If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

  • 10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

  • 11¶ He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.

  • 12¶ Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

  • 22¶ An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

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    18¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

    19¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

  • Prov 17:9-10
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    9¶ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.

    10¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • 19¶ He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

  • 18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • 10Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

  • 42The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

  • 12¶ He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.