King James Version
Proverbs 22:10 in the King James Version says “Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.”
Proverbs 22:10 · KJV
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. the rod: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. He that: Heb. Good of eye
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. for: or, and hath grace in his lips
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. the words: or, the matters
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the scorner”
H3887properly, to make mouths at, i.e., to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
“shall go out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“shall cease”
H7673to repose, i.e., desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
“yea strife”
H1779judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife
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