Proverbs 22:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.”
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“Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Cast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 22:10 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 21:9But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
- Judges 9:55And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
- Nehemiah 4:1Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
- Nehemiah 13:28Even 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 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
- Proverbs 21:24Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.
- Proverbs 26:20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
- Matthew 18:17If 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.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5hand 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 5:13God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
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