Proverbs 22:10 (YLT)

Passage

Cast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

Nearby Context

Proverbs 22:8 Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

Proverbs 22:9 The good of eye--he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

Proverbs 22:10 Cast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

Proverbs 22:11 Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace <FI>are<Fi> his lips, a king <FI>is<Fi> his friend.

Proverbs 22:12 The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cast", "scorner--and", "contention", "goeth", "strife", "shame", and "cease". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cast" and "scorner--and", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "The good of eye--he is blessed For..." into verse 11's "Whoso is loving cleanness of heart Grace...", so "cast" and "scorner--and" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "cast" and "scorner--and" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.