Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. CAST OUT THE SCORNER - from the family (as Hagar and Ishmael, : 'Sarah saw the son of Hagar ... mocking, wherefore she said, Cast out, etc.), from the State, and from the Church. He who scorns God and man stirs up quarrels. To get rid of him is to get rid of "strife" (Hebrew, din, judicial contention)....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 22:1 A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES. It will be observed that "good" in the Authorized Version is in italics, showing that the epithet is not expressed in the Hebrew, which is simply שֵׁם (_shem_)_, _"name." But this word carried with it the notion of good repute, as in Ecclesiastes 7:1; for being well known implied honour and reputation, while being nameless (Job 30:8) signified not only obscurity, but ignominy and discredit. Hence the versions have ὄνομα καλόν_, nomen bonum, _and Ecclesiasticus 41:12, "Have regard to thy name (περὶ ὀνόματος)_, _for that shall continue with thee above a thousan

CAST OUT THE SCORNER,.... That makes a mock at sin, a jest at religion, and scoffs at all good men, and everything serious and spiritual; cast such an one out of all company and conversation; out of the family, as mocking Ishmael was cast out of Abraham's family; and out of the church, and all religious societies. Jarchi interprets it of the evil imagination or corruption of nature; but this will continue with a man as long as he lives, and, though it may be weakened and subdued, it is not cast out; AND CONTENTION SHALL GO OUT; YEA, STRIFE AND REPROACH SHALL CEASE; which are caused by the scorner, who stirs up contention and strife in all company where he is, in families, and churches; and is continually casting reproach on good men and things; but, when he is cast out, everything of this nature ceases, and peace and love take place....

CHAPTER 22 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED Better than great riches, better than silver and gold is a name and loving favor. If a person has riches and a bad name and is not well thought of, he is less honorable than the poor man who has a name and good reputation. In Ecclesiastes, Solomon says: “A good name is better than precious ointment” Ecclesiastes 7:11). The third verse has a wise message: “The prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.” The Lord has revealed in His Word the evil which is in store for the sinner and the impenitent. He also has prepared a hiding place, an ark of safety, in His Son, our Lord. The prudent believeth the Word and flees to the refuge; the simple, the unbelieving, pass on and suffer for it when the evil comes. Humility and the fear of the Lord has a reward, while thorns and snares are in the way of the

PROVERBS 22:6. IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO puts more into the Heb. than it contains. It is lit. train up a child in proportion to his way_ i.e._ train him suitably. The moral implication is absent. The stress is on the effect of training. Proverbs 22:11. RV hides disorder of MT. Read, probably, The king loves the pure in heart, grace of lips is his good pleasure. Proverbs 22:12 a is difficult. RV will not pass. The lit. Heb. is the eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge. The abstract knowledge in Heb. cannot mean its possessors; the eyes of Yahweh are nowhere said to guard anybody, and no Hebrew would say that the eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge in the sense of possessing it, nor does it give any

SCORNER. scoffer. SHALL GO OUT. Illustration: Ishmael (Genesis 21:9. Compare Galatians 1:4, Gal 1:29)....

_Cast out_ The gloss of the LXX. illustrates the meaning of the proverb: "Cast out of the assembly the scorner, and strife will go out with him, For while he remains in the assembly he insults every one," and fills the assembly, we may add, with mutual abuse and recrimination....

CHAPTER 22 TEXT Proverbs 22:1-10 1. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold, 2. The rich and poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all, 3. A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it. 4. The reward of humility and the fear of Jeohavh Is riches, and honor, and life. 5. Thorns and stars are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them. 6. Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it. 7. The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender. 8. He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fai

1. To be regarded with favour is better than silver and gold. This v. is inscribed in large letters on the walls of Manchester Exchange. Rabbi Simeon used to say: 'There are only three crowns; the crown of the Law, the crown of priesthood, and the crown of kingdom; but the crown of a good name excels them all.'...

LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 22 V1 It is better to be a responsible person than to have great wealth. It is better that people trust you than for you to receive silver and gold. V2 Rich people and poor people have this in common. God made them all....