The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 22:10

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; Septuagint, ἔκβαλε ἐκ συνεδρίου λοιμόν, "Cast out of the company a pestilent fellow" Chase away the scorner (Proverbs 1:22), the man who has no respect for things human or Divine, and the disputes and ill feeling which he caused will be ended; for "where no wood is, the fire goeth out" (Proverbs 26:20).

Yea, strife and reproach shall cease. The reproach and ignominy ( קָלוֹן, kalon) are those which the presence and words of the scorner bring with them; to have such a one in the company is a disgrace to all good men.

Thus Ishmael and his mother were driven from Abraham's dwelling (Genesis 21:9, etc.), and the apostle quotes (Galatians 4:30), "Cast out ( ἔκβαλε) the bondwoman and her son." Septuagint, "For when he sits in the company he dishonours all."

The next verse gives a happy contrast.

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